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A spectacular new book of Nursery Rhymes from an Irish Childhood by Sarah Webb and Claire Ranson, with illustrations by Steve McCarthy.
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Introduction 4
Sally Go Round the Moon 5
Old MacDonald Had a Farm 6
Janey Mac 8
Night, night, sleep tight 8
Horsie, Horsie 9
Diddle, Diddle, Dumpling 10
Muc, Muc, Muc 11
Moon penny 12
Two Little Dicky Birds 12
Row, Row 13
One, Two, Buckle My Shoe 14
This Little Piggy 15
Ochanee, When I Was Wee 16
Rain, rain 16
Dance to Your Daddy 17
Twinkle, Twinkle 18
Jack be nimble 18
Hey Diddle Diddle 19
Humpty Dumpty 20
Mary Mac, Mac, Mac 21
Rólaí pólaí 21
There Was an Old Woman 22
Dan, Dan, the Silly Old Man 24
Queen, Queen Caroline 25
Baa Baa, Black Sheep 26
I’ll tell you a story 26
Mary Had a Little Lamb 27
I’ve Got a Dog 28
Three Blind Mice 29
The Wheels on the Bus 30
Are Ye Right There, Michael? 32
Arabella Miller 33
Half a Pound of Tuppenny Rice 34
Adam and Eve and Pinch-me 35
Mammy, Mammy Told Me O 36
Skinny Malink 37
I Eat My Peas with Honey 38
Little Miss Muffet 39
In a Dark, Dark Wood 40
Three Little Ghosties 41
The Fairies 42
If You Weren’t So Ballymena 43
Michael Finnegan 43
Tell-tale 44
Seven Magpies 45
I’m the king of the castle 45
I’m a Little Teapot 46
Teddy Bear 47
Round the rugged rocks 47
Snug as a bug 47
Ring a Ring o’ Roses 48
Jack and Jill 49
This Is the Way 50
Ride a Cock Horse 51
How Many Miles to Babylon? 52
The Claddagh Boatman 53
Hey-ho for Hallowe’en 54
Double, Double 54
Seilide, Seilide Púcaí 55
Incy Wincy Spider 56
Ladybird, Ladybird 57
Hickory, Dickory, Dock 58
Red sky in the morning 58
Pangur Bán 59
Two Cats of Kilkenny 60
All Things Bright and Beautiful 61
Hush-a-bye, Baby 62
Mocking Bird 63
Starlight 64
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Old MacDonald Had a Farm
Old MacDonald had a farm,E-I-E-I-O,And on that farm he had a cow,E-I-E-I-O,With a moo moo here,And a moo moo there,Here a moo,There a moo,Everywhere a moo moo.Old MacDonald had a farm,E-I-E-I-O.
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Old MacDonald had a farm,E-I-E-I-O,And on that farm he had a sheep,E-I-E-I-O,With a baa baa here,And a baa baa there,Here a baa,There a baa,Everywhere a baa baa.Old MacDonald had a farm,E-I-E-I-O.
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Janey Mac
Janey Mac, me shirt is blackWhat’ll I do for Sunday?Go to bed and cover me headAnd not get up till Monday.
Night, night, sleeptight, don’t let the bed bugs bite!
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Horsie, Horsie
Horsie, horsie, don’t you stop,Just let your feet go clippety clop,Your tail goes swish and the wheels go round,Giddy-up, we’re homeward bound.
Horsie, horsie, on your way,We’ve done this journey many a day,Your tail goes swish and the wheels go round,Giddy-up, we’re homeward bound.
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Diddle, Diddle, Dumpling
Diddle, diddle, dumpling, my son John,Went to bed with his trousers on;One shoe off, and one shoe on,Diddle, diddle, dumpling, my son John.
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Muc, Muc, Muc
I’m an old pig,Muc, muc, muc,I’m an old pig,Muc, muc, muc,Can’t sow or dig,Muc, muc, muc,’Cos I’m an old pig,Muc, muc, muc.
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