Nursery Rhymes and Poems

Two little black birds
Sitting on a hill
One named Jack,
The other named Jill
Fly away Jack,
Fly away Jill
Come back Jack
Come back Jill

Two dreams came down to earth one night
From the realm of mist and dew;
One was a dream of the old, old days;
And one was a dream of the new.
One was a dream of a shady land
That led to the pickerel pond,
Where the willows and rushes bowed themselves
To the brown old hills beyond.
And the people that [...]

There were two birds sat on a stone,
Fa, la, la, la, lal, de;
One flew away, and then there was one,
Fa, la, la, la, lal, de;
The other bird flew after,
And then there was none,
Fa, la, la, la, lal, de;
And so the stone
Was left alone,
Fa la, la, la, lal, de.

“there go the Scissor twins,
Cutting as ever.
Some think them sharp,
But few think them clever.”

Twinkle, twinkle little star.
How I wonder what you are.
Up above the world so high.
Like a diamond in the sky.
Twinkle, twinkle little star.
How I wonder what you are!

BABY moon, ‘tis time for bed,
Owlet leaves his nest now;
Hide your little horned head
In the twilight west now;
When you’re old and round and bright
You shall stay and shine all night.
Baby girl is going, too,
In her bed to creep now;
She is little, just like you,
Time it is to sleep now;
When she’s old and tired and wise
She’ll [...]

Tweedledum and Tweedledee
Agreed to have a battle,
For tweedledum said tweedledee
Had spoilt his nice new rattle.
Just then flew by a monstrous crow,
As big as a tar-barrel,
Which frightened both the heroes so
Which quite forgot their quarrel.

They play away from the school,
And float a boat on a pool.
They stay all day until six,
Wet through, lost shoe, such a fix!
Then home they come. Mother’s cane–
A sound all round, howls of pain!

I should like to rise and go
Where the golden apples grow;-
Where below another sky
Parrot islands anchored lie,
And, watched by cockatoos and goats,
Lonely Crusoes building boats
Where in sunshine reaching out
Eastern cities, miles about,
Are with mosque and minaret
Among sandy gardens set,
And the rich goods from near and far
Hang for sale in the bazaar
Where the Great Wall round [...]

Now Kitty was a madcap thing,
Kitty was at play
With everything that she could find,
All the happy day!
Shining scissors, thimble, thread,
Reels, and bits of strings;
Kitty, purring up and down,
Played with everything!
Kitty was sleepy puss,
Curled up on the mat
Tucked her nose between her toes
Such a baby cat!
Kitty wasn’t feeling well,
Kitty dear got worse
Bring a doctor, if you [...]