How Well Do You Remember These Iconic Nursery Rhymes?

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What Did Jack And Jill Climb The Hill To Fetch?

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Who Couldn’t Be Put Together Again After A Great Fall?

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How Many Bags Are Promised In “Baa, Baa, Black Sheep”?

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What Did Little Miss Muffet Eat Upon Her Tuffet?

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Which Animal Jumped Over The Moon In “Hey Diddle Diddle”?

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What Ran Away With The Spoon?

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Which Line Opens “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”?

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Which Animal Runs Up The Clock In “Hickory Dickory Dock”?

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Which Structure Is “Falling Down” In The Classic Rhyme?

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What Do We Keep In Our “Ring Around The Rosie”?

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Where Does The Baby’s Cradle Swing In “Rock-A-Bye Baby”?

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What Kind Of Soul Was Old King Cole?

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Where Did Little Jack Horner Sit?

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Who Did Simple Simon Meet On His Way?

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How Many Blackbirds Were Baked In The Pie In “Sing A Song Of Sixpence”?

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What Did The Grand Old Duke Of York Do With His Men?

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Which Instrument Is Little Boy Blue Asked To Play?

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How Does Mary’s Garden Grow In “Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary”?

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What Was The Old Woman’s Crowd-Sized Problem?

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What Did The Old Woman Do Before Bedtime?

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Which Piggy Went “Wee, Wee, Wee” All The Way Home?

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What Letter Is Marked On The Cake In “Pat-A-Cake”?

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What Is The Repeated Pricing Line In “Hot Cross Buns”?

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What Is Life Declared To Be In “Row, Row, Row Your Boat”?

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What Letters Repeat In “Old MacDonald Had A Farm”?

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In The "Wheels On the Bus" Song, What Do The Wipers Commonly Do?

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What Action Starts “If You’re Happy And You Know It”?

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What Does The Doctor Say In “Five Little Monkeys”?

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Where Did The Itsy Bitsy Spider Climb?

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What Did The Three Little Kittens Lose?

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Whom Did Miss Polly Call For Her Sick Dolly?

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Where Does The Muffin Man Live?

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Who Takes The Kettle Off Again After Polly Puts It On?

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In “There’s A Hole In The Bucket,” Who Needs Fixing Advice?

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What Color Was Mary’s Lamb’s Fleece?

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What Did The Shopper Seek In “To Market, To Market”?

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If The Mockingbird Won’t Sing, What Comes Next? (Hush, Little Baby)

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In “The Farmer In The Dell,” What Stands Alone At The End?

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How Do Some Like Their “Pease Porridge”?

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What Coin Did The Crooked Man Find?

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Which City Did Doctor Foster Visit?

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What Were The Lion And The Unicorn Fighting For?

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Where Did Pussycat Go In The Rhyme?

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For What Does Little Tommy Tucker Sing?

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What Lesson Teaches “A Wise Old Owl”?

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What Did The Little Nut Tree Bear?

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What Did Jack Jump Over In “Jack Be Nimble”?

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On Which Day Was Solomon Grundy Born?

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Who Receives One Of The Bags In “Baa, Baa, Black Sheep”?

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Who Stole The Tarts In “The Queen Of Hearts”?

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What Instrument Did The Cat Play In “Hey Diddle Diddle”?

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How Much Did Peter Piper Pick?

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What Time Does The Clock Strike In The First Verse In “Hickory Dickory Dock”?

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What Scared Little Miss Muffet Away?

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In “The House That Jack Built,” What Lay In The House?

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Which Celestial Wish Begins “Star Light, Star Bright”?

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Which Phrase Pops In “Pop Goes The Weasel”?

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What Is The Star Compared To In The Sky in “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”?

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Which Phrase Repeats In “Lavender’s Blue”?

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In “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star,” Where Is The Star Described As Shining?

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What Phrase Often Ends The Lines In “London Bridge”?

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What Do Singers Do At The End Of “Ring Around The Rosie”?

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What Happens When The Bough Breaks In “Rock-A-Bye Baby”?

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What Did Old King Cole Call For?

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What Did Little Jack Horner Pull From His Pie?

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Where Was The Pieman Going In “Simple Simon”?

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Where Was The King During “Sing A Song Of Sixpence”?

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How Many Men Did The Grand Old Duke Of York Command?

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Where Are The Sheep In “Little Boy Blue”?

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Where Is Little Boy Blue Found Sleeping?

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In “Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary,” How Are The Maids Arranged In Mary’s Garden?

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Which Piggy Went To Market?

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Where Do You Row In “Row, Row, Row Your Boat”?

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Which Sound Might A Cow Make On Old MacDonald’s Farm?

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What Do The Wheels On The Bus Do?

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What Happened To One Monkey In The Rhyme "Five Little Monkeys"?

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Where Was The Queen In “Sing A Song Of Sixpence”?

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What Washed The Itsy Bitsy Spider Out?

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Where Did The Lamb Follow Mary That Was Against The Rules?

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What Do Singers Go Around In The Morning Game Song?

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What Did The Teacher Do When The Lamb Came To School?

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What Is First Promised In “Hush, Little Baby”?

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Who Does The Farmer Choose First In The Dell?

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How Old Can The Pease Porridge Be?

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What Did The Crooked Cat Catch?

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On Which Day Was Solomon Grundy Buried?

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Who Ate The Malt In The House That Jack Built?

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Who Called For The Tarts After They Were Stolen In "The Queen of Hearts"?

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What Dried Up All The Rain In The Itsy Bitsy Spider Song?

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In “Sing A Song Of Sixpence,” What Happened When The Pie Was Opened?

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A pail of water

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A loaf of bread

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A bag of flour

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A bundle of sticks

They went up the hill specifically to fetch a pail of water in the classic nursery rhyme.

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Simple Simon

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Little Boy Blue

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Humpty Dumpty

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Old King Cole

Humpty Dumpty fell off a wall, and no one could put him back together again afterward.

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Three

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Two

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Four

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One

The black sheep answers three bags full, for the master, the dame, and the little boy.

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Bread and honey

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Pease porridge

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Porridge and milk

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Curds and whey

Little Miss Muffet sat upon a tuffet eating curds and whey before a spider frightened her.

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The cow

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The dog

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The sheep

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The cat

In the whimsical rhyme, a cow jumps over the moon while other characters play and laugh.

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The dish

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The cup

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The fork

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The plate

At the rhyme’s end, the dish famously runs away with the spoon, amusing the little dog.

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How I wonder what you are

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Like a diamond in the sky

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Twinkle, twinkle, little star

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Up above the world so high

The first line is “Twinkle, twinkle, little star,” introducing the singer’s wonder about the star.

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A weasel

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A cat

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A mouse

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A spider

The nursery rhyme describes a mouse running up the clock before the hour striking drives it down.

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The Tower of London

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London Bridge

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Windsor Castle

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Westminster Abbey

The song concerns London Bridge falling down and the repeated attempts to build it back.

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A pocket full of posies

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A pocket full of sweets

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A pocket full of marbles

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A pocket full of daisies

The game song includes a pocket full of posies before everyone drops to the ground together.

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Near the window

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In the cradle room

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On the treetop

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By the fireside

The lullaby begins with the cradle rocking on the treetop, swaying gently in the wind.

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A grumpy old soul

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A merry old soul

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A weary old soul

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A lonely old soul

Old King Cole is described as a merry old soul, cheerful, convivial, and fond of music.

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At the table

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By the fire

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On a stair

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In a corner

The rhyme begins with Little Jack Horner sitting in a corner, setting up his pie adventure.

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A pieman

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A shepherd

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A milkmaid

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A cobbler

Simple Simon met a pieman going to the fair, beginning their humorous conversation about tasting pies.

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Twelve

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Thirty

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Seven

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Four and twenty

“Sing a Song of Sixpence” includes four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie as spectacle.

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Made them build a castle

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Sent them sailing across the sea

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Taught them to play the drum

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Marched them up and marched them down

He marched them up to the top of the hill and marched them down again afterward.

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A drum

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A horn

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A violin

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A flute

The caller pleads, “Little Boy Blue, come blow your horn,” summoning him to his neglected duty.

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With silver bells and cockle shells

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With roses and peonies

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With lilies and tulips

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With violets and daisies

Mary’s garden is described with silver bells and cockle shells, forming a decorative, fanciful arrangement.

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She had so many children

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She had no food at all

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She had too many cats

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She had a broken roof

The old woman lived in a shoe and had so many children she didn’t know what to do.

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Read a long story beside the fire

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Taught them to sing a lullaby

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Sent them to fetch water from the well

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Gave them some broth without any bread

She gave them some broth without any bread, then whipped them soundly and put them to bed.

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The third piggy

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The second piggy

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The first piggy

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The fifth piggy

The final piggy cries “wee, wee, wee” all the way home at the rhyme’s conclusion.

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B

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A

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D

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C

The baker is told to mark it with a B and bake it in the oven for Baby.

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Half a penny, half a penny

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One a penny, two a penny

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Two for tuppence, one for three

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Three a farthing, two a farthing

Street vendors chant “one a penny, two a penny,” advertising hot cross buns to passing buyers.

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But a dream

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A wondrous tale

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A quiet river

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A gentle breeze

The closing line states that life is but a dream, reinforcing the song’s tranquil philosophy.

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O-L-D-M-A

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E-I-E-I-O

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I-O-U-U-O

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A-B-C-D-E

The chorus features E-I-E-I-O, a catchy refrain framing the farm animals and their sounds throughout.

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Go splash, splash, splash

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Go tap, tap, tap

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Go squeak, squeak, squeak

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Go swish, swish, swish

Another verse has the wipers going swish, swish, swish, imitating the window-clearing motion rhythmically there.

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Nod your head

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Clap your hands

3

Shout hooray

4

Stomp your feet

The song begins by telling listeners to clap their hands, then adds new actions in later verses.

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Everyone to sleep, lights out now

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No more monkeys jumping on the bed

3

No snacks before bedtime tonight

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Monkeys must stay very still

After each fall, the doctor declares, “No more monkeys jumping on the bed,” repeating the lesson firmly.

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Across the garden gate

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Up the water spout

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Along the window frame

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Under the kitchen sink

The spider climbs up the water spout, gets washed out, then tries again after the sun returns.

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Their hats

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Their marbles

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Their mittens

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Their ribbons

The three little kittens lost their mittens, cried about it, and then eventually found them again.

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The tailor

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The doctor

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The grocer

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The teacher

Miss Polly telephoned for the doctor to come quickly and examine her sick dolly today.

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Baker Street

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Fleet Street

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Drury Lane

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High Holborn

The question “Do you know the Muffin Man?” is answered with “who lives on Drury Lane.”

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Sukey

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Molly

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Jenny

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Nell

The rhyme alternates tasks: Polly puts the kettle on, and Sukey takes it off again afterward.

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Simon

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Henry

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Jack

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Peter

Henry asks Liza how to mend the bucket, leading to a humorous cycle of impossible instructions.

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Snowy cream

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White as snow

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Golden bright

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Softly gray

Mary had a little lamb whose fleece was white as snow, emphasizing innocence and purity.

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A carton of eggs

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A bag of flour

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A jug of milk

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A fat pig

The lively rhyme begins, “To market, to market, to buy a fat pig,” before bouncing home again.

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A diamond ring

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A silver spoon

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A spinning top

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A new blue kite

If the mockingbird won’t sing, Mama will buy a diamond ring as the next promised gift.

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The cat

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The farmer

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The dog

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The cheese

The game concludes with the cheese standing alone after the chain of choices is completed.

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Cold

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Thin

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Salty

4

Spiced

The chant contrasts pease porridge hot with pease porridge cold, noting different preferences humorously there.

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A crooked shilling

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A crooked farthing

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A crooked crown

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A crooked sixpence

In the rhyme, he found a crooked sixpence upon a crooked stile during his crooked travels.

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Gloucester

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Norwich

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Bath

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Oxford

Doctor Foster went to Gloucester, stepped in a puddle, and vowed never to go there again.

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The golden ring

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The royal feast

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The crown

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The forest

The lion and the unicorn were fighting for the crown, symbolizing a contest for royal authority.

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To Paris to see the Seine

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To Edinburgh to drink tea

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To London to visit the Queen

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To Dublin to meet the king

Pussycat went to London to visit the Queen, and claimed to frighten a little mouse.

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A slice of pie

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A golden bun

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A silver penny

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His supper

Little Tommy Tucker sings for his supper, raising the question of how he’ll cut bread without a knife.

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Always keep your promises

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Rise early and work hard

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Share kindly with your friends

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Speak less and listen more

The poem concludes that the more he saw the less he spoke, advising quiet observation and listening.

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A silver nutmeg and a golden pear

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A golden orange and a ruby plum

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A crimson apple and a silver peach

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A silver fig and an emerald grape

The little nut tree bore a silver nutmeg and a golden pear, rare treasures in the song.

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A hay bale

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A candlestick

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A garden gate

4

A wooden fence

The brief rhyme urges Jack to be quick and jump over the candlestick cleanly today.

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Tuesday

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Wednesday

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Thursday

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Monday

The cumulative verse begins with Solomon Grundy born on Monday, then proceeds through his short life.

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The master

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The farmer

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The cobbler

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The baker

The rhyme lists the master, the dame, and the little boy as recipients of the three bags.

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The Ace of Spades

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The Knave of Hearts

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The King of Diamonds

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The Jack of Clubs

The Knave of Hearts stole the tarts, prompting pursuit and eventual punishment in the rhyme.

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A fiddle

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A flute

3

A drum

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A harp

The opening line says, “the cat and the fiddle,” clearly naming the instrument the cat plays.

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A peck of pickled peppers

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A pint of pickled peppers

3

A bushel of pickled peppers

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A cup of pickled peppers

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, forming one of English’s most famous tongue twisters.

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Two

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One

3

Four

4

Three

In the best-known verse, the clock strikes one, prompting the startled mouse to scurry back down.

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A bird

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A spider

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A mouse

4

A cat

A spider sat down beside her, which frightened Little Miss Muffet away from her curds and whey.

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The cider

2

The cheese

3

The malt

4

The bread

The chain begins with the malt that lay in the house that Jack built, starting the accumulation.

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Shining star with silver light

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Brightest star in all the sky

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Nearest star to guide me right

4

First star I see tonight

The rhyme starts with wishing upon the first star seen that night, beginning the hopeful request.

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Pop goes the pocket

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Pop goes the weasel

3

Pop goes the kettle

4

Pop goes the treacle

The chorus punctuates the verse with “Pop goes the weasel,” functioning like a musical exclamation.

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A lantern

2

A crystal

3

A diamond

4

A candle

The second couplet compares the star to a diamond in the sky, emphasizing sparkle and brilliance.

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Fee fi

2

Hey diddle

3

Hi ho

4

Dilly dilly

The lullaby repeatedly includes the phrase “dilly dilly,” threading a gentle refrain through its lines.

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Beyond the moon’s pale light

2

Under the ocean’s tide

3

Up above the world so high

4

Just behind the clouds

The verse places the twinkling star up above the world so high, far above the singer.

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Sweet rose garden

2

Dear old London

3

Lovely city

4

My fair lady

Many versions end lines with the refrain “my fair lady,” a signature of the classic children’s song.

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Fall down

2

Jump high

3

Clap hands

4

Spin around

The line concludes “we all fall down,” and children usually collapse playfully at that moment.

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The wind will stop

2

The cradle will sing

3

The cradle will fall

4

The stars will dim

The song warns that when the bough breaks, the cradle will fall, ending the gentle rocking.

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His crown, his robe, and his golden key

2

His scepter, his shield, and his knights

3

His horses, his hounds, and his falcon

4

His pipe, his bowl, and his fiddlers three

He called for his pipe, his bowl, and his fiddlers three, delighting in music and merriment.

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A plum

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A peach

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A cherry

4

An apple

He stuck in his thumb and pulled out a plum, then declared himself a very good boy.

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To the castle

2

To the harbor

3

To the market

4

To the fair

The pieman was heading to the fair with his goods when Simple Simon asked to taste.

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In his counting house

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In the royal garden

3

Riding through town

4

On the palace balcony

The king was in his counting house, counting out his money while the story unfolds elsewhere.

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Ten thousand

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One thousand

3

Twenty thousand

4

Five hundred

The Grand Old Duke of York famously had ten thousand men to march up and down.

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By the river

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On the hill

3

In the meadow

4

In the barn

The rhyme reports the sheep are in the meadow while Little Boy Blue sleeps under hay.

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Beside the hedgerow

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On the bridge

3

Under a haystack

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Near the well

He is discovered under a haystack, fast asleep, as the animals wander unattended in the field nearby.

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Busy maids around the gate

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Pretty maids all in a row

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Gentle maids across the lane

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Three maids by the hedge

The verse ends with pretty maids all in a row, completing the garden’s patterned imagery.

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The fifth piggy

2

The first piggy

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The second piggy

4

The third piggy

In “This Little Piggy,” the very first piggy goes to market before the others’ activities occur.

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Toward the distant shore

2

Across the open sea

3

Gently down the stream

4

Around the island bend

Singers are instructed to row gently down the stream, keeping the motion light, pleasant, and merry.

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Moo moo

2

Baa baa

3

Quack quack

4

Neigh neigh

In the song, the cow goes moo moo here and there, matching the predictable repetitive pattern.

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Go slow and fast

2

Go round and round

3

Go click and clack

4

Go bounce and sway

The refrain says the wheels go round and round, continuing all through the town endlessly.

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He lost his favorite banana

2

He spilled the bedtime milk

3

He hid beneath the covers

4

He fell off and bumped his head

Each verse features a monkey falling off the bed and bumping his head before the scolding.

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In the ballroom dancing

2

In the parlor eating bread and honey

3

On the lawn sipping tea

4

In the kitchen stirring the stew

The queen appears in the parlor eating bread and honey during the pie’s surprising episode.

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The rain

2

A broom

3

A gust of wind

4

A flood

Down came the rain and washed the spider out, beginning the cycle described in the rhyme.

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To the fair

2

To school

3

To market

4

To church

The lamb followed Mary to school one day, against the rules, causing laughter and surprise.

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The rose garden

2

The apple orchard

3

The bramble hedge

4

The mulberry bush

Children circle the mulberry bush in the song, performing chores on a cold and frosty morning.

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Called its owner

2

Turned it out

3

Gave it water

4

Let it stay

The teacher turned the lamb out of school, though it waited patiently outside for Mary.

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A billy goat

2

A looking glass

3

A diamond ring

4

A mockingbird

Mama promises to buy a mockingbird first, then offers other gifts if it doesn’t sing.

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A wife

2

A cow

3

A dog

4

A child

The farmer takes a wife first, beginning the selection sequence that drives the circle game.

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Nine days

2

Three days

3

Five days

4

Seven days

Some like it in the pot nine days old, exaggerating the porridge’s age for comic effect.

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A crooked mouse

2

A crooked frog

3

A crooked bird

4

A crooked mole

Continuing the theme, the crooked cat caught a crooked mouse in the crooked little house.

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Thursday

2

Sunday

3

Friday

4

Saturday

After dying on Saturday, Solomon Grundy was buried on Sunday, completing the week-long narrative arc.

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The cow

2

The cat

3

The rat

4

The dog

The next link is the rat that ate the malt, continuing the cumulative storytelling format.

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The Prince of Hearts

2

The Queen of Hearts

3

The King of Hearts

4

The Joker of Hearts

The King of Hearts called for the tarts, demanding justice and setting consequences in motion.

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A warm breeze

2

The summer heat

3

A big umbrella

4

The sun

Out came the sun and dried up all the rain, allowing the spider to climb again.

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The crust fell apart

2

The maid burned her hand

3

The birds began to sing

4

The king lost his ring

When the pie was opened, the birds began to sing, creating a marvel at the table.

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