Nursery Ryhmes - lyrics and origins!

Nursery Ryhmes
The origins of many nursery ryhmes reflect past events in history and where available we have included the meanings and origins of everyone's favourite nursery ryhmes. Two of these types of nursery ryhmes origins are 'Ring a Ring o Rosies' which refers to the Black Death and 'Remember Remember' nursery ryhmes which allude to Guy Fawkes' foiled attempt to blow up the English Houses of Parliament! Many of the words and nursery ryhmes lyrics were used to parody the royal and political events of the day, direct dissent would often be punishable by execution! Strange how these events in history are still portrayed through children's nursery ryhmes, when for most of us the historical events relationship to the nursery ryhmes themselves have been long forgotten!

A wise old owl Nursery Ryhme
An apple a day lyrics
As I was going to St. Ives lyrics
Baa baa black sheep ryhme
Banbury Cross lyrics
Christmas is coming
Cry Baby Buntin lyrics
Diddle diddle dumpling
Ding dong bellryme
Doctor Foster lyrics
For want of a nail ryhme
Georgie Porgie Nursery ryhme
Goosey goosey gander lyrics
Hark hark the dogs do bark
Here is the church ryhme
Hey diddle diddle lyrics
Hickory dickory dock lyrics
Horsey horsey Ryhme
Hot cross buns ryhme
Humpty Dumpty lyrics
Hush-a-bye baby
Itsy bitsy spider lyrics
Jack and Jill went up the hill lyrics
Jack be nimble ryhme
Jack Sprat could
Ladybug ladybug ryhme
Little Bo-peep ryhme
Little Boy Blue ryhme
Little hen Nursery Ryhme
Little Jack Horner lyrics
Little Miss Muffet ryhme
Little Robin Redbreast
Little Tommy Tucker ryhme
Mary had a little lamb lyrics
Mary Mary quite contrary
Mondays child ryhme
Old King Cole lyrics
Old mother Hubbard ryhme
More ryhmes and origins coming soon!

One two Buckle my shoe
One two three four five
Old Mother Hubbard
Oranges and lemons Nursery Ryhme
Pease pudding ryhme
Pat a cake Pat a cake
Peter Peter pumpkin eater
Polly put the kettle on ryhme
Pussycat, pussycat ryhme
Rain rain go away
Red sky at night lyrics
Remember remember
Ring around the rosy lyrics
Rock a bye baby ryhme
See saw Marjory Daw ryhme
Simple Simon lyrics
Sing a song of sixpence ryhme
Star light star bright lyrics
There was a crooked man
Three blind mice Ryhme
Three little kitten lyrics
The Grand old Duke of York
The lion and the unicorn ryhme
The North wind doth blow
The Owl and the Pussycat
The Queen of Hearts
There was an old lady lyrics
There was an old woman
Thirty days hath September ryhme
This is the house that Jack built
This little piggy lyrics
Tom Tom the pipers son
Twinkle twinkle little star ryhme
Two little dicky birds ryhme
Wee Willie Winkie ryhme
What are little boys made of lyrics
Who killed Cock Robin lyrics
More ryhmes and origins coming soon!

Nursery Ryhmes & Origins
All children love being told nursery ryhmes. The most popular nursery ryhmes are listed here with their origins - perhaps nursery ryhmes bring back fond memories of childhood! Remember the tunes to the nursery ryhmes? The most popular nursery ryhmes are still Jack and Jill, Humpty Dumpty, Sing a song of sixpence and last but not least Hey diddle diddle! these examples of nursery ryhmes have been passed down generation to generation up to thirty times! It's no wonder the historical origins have become obscure as even though the nursery ryhmes lyrics may have changed slightly over so many re-tellings the English language itself has changed over the last six hundred years, as those reading Shakespeare for the first time could not fail to notice!

As I was raised in London my favourite nursery ryhmes are 'Oranges and Lemons' which re-creates the sound of the chimes of many churches once in London, however now I know the origins of the lyrics for this nursery ryhme the true ryhme meaning and origins of the final sentences are even more sinister than I had imagined as a child. The other is 'Pussycat Pussycat' - every child's dream must once have been 'to go up to London to visit the Queen'. Believe it or not the origins of the nursery ryhmes 'Hey Diddle Diddle' are fully known and if you would like to know what a runcible spoon is - look at the 'Owl and the Pussycat' for the origins and definition...
Knowledge of English History and the English language undoubtedly assisted in the analysis of the lyrics and origins of these nursery ryhmes, however we can unfortunately offer little proof other than author names and earliest publication dates.

Nursery Ryhmes - Lyrics and Origins