Nursery Songs

Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater
had a wife and could not keep her.
He put her in a pumpkin shell
and there he kept her very well.
Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater,
kept her very well.

Little Jack Horner sat in the corner
eating a Christmas pie.
He put in his thumb and pulled out a plum
and said, "what a good boy am I".

Deedle, deedle dumpling my son John,
he went to bed with his stocking on.
One shoe off and one shoe on,
deedle, deedle dumpling my son John.

Pease porridge hot, pease porridge cold,
pease porridge in the pot nine days old.
Some like it hot, some like it cold,
some like it in the pot, nine days old.

Sleep, baby, sleep
near where the woodbine creep
the little lamb is on the green,
his little eyes are bright and clean,
sleep, baby, sleep.

Tom, Tom the piper's son
stole a pig and away did run,
the pig was eat and Tom was beat,
and Tom went howling down the street.