Jack and Jill went up the hill
To fetch a pail of water;
Jack fell down and broke his crown,
and Jill came tumbling after.
Up Jack got, and home did trot,
As fast as he could caper,
To old Dame Dob, who patched his nob
With vinegar and brown paper.
Source: The Dorling Kindersley Book of Nursery Rhymes (2000)
Mother Goose is often cited as the author of hundreds of children’s stories that have been passed down through oral tradition and published over centuries. Various chants, songs, and even games have been attributed to her, but she is most recognized for her nursery rhymes, which have been familiar with readers of all generations. Her work is often published as Mother Goose Rhymes.
Despite her celebrated place in children’s . . .
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Poems by Mother Goose
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More poems by Mother Goose (32 poems)
- "Jack be nimble,"
- "Ladybird, ladybird,"
- "Mary had a little lamb,"
- "Mary, Mary, quite contrary"
- "Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man,"
- "Pease porridge hot,"
- "Polly, put the kettle on,"
- "Ride a cockhorse to Banbury Cross,"
- "Ring around the rosy,"
- "Sing a song of sixpence,"
- "The three little kittens, they lost their mittens,"
- "There was a crooked man,"
- "There was an old woman who lived in a shoe."
- “How much wood could a woodchuck chuck ... ”
- “It's raining, it's pouring ... ”
- “It's raining, it's pouring ... ”
- Baa, Baa, Black Sheep
- Leap Year Poem
- Little Bo-Peep
- Little Boy Blue
- Little Jack Horner
- Little Miss Muffet
- Sing a Song of Sixpence
- The First Day of Christmas
- This Little Piggy
- Wee Willie Winkie
- Yankee Doodle
