Sing-Song: a nursery rhyme book


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One hundred and twenty six beautifully written poems about babies and childhood that capture the marvelous wonders of that age. - Summary by Maggie Travers (1 hr 15 min)

Chapters

Angels at the foot 0:27 Read by Maggie Travers
Love me, --I love you 0:34 Read by Elizabeth Travers
My baby has a father and a mother 0:32 Read by Maggie Travers
Our little baby fell asleep 0:30 Read by Elizabeth Travers
"Kookoorookoo! kookoorookoo!" 0:41 Read by Maggie Travers
Baby cry 0:24 Read by Elizabeth Travers
Eight o'clock 0:29 Read by Maggie Travers
Bread and milk for breakfast 0:25 Read by Elizabeth Travers
There's snow on the fields 0:35 Read by Maggie Travers
Dead in the cold, a song-singing thrush 0:31 Read by Elizabeth Travers
I dug and dug amongst the snow 0:41 Read by Maggie Travers
A city plum is not a plum 0:30 Read by Elizabeth Travers
Your brother has a falcon 0:36 Read by Maggie Travers
Hear what the mournful linnets say 0:35 Read by Elizabeth Travers
A baby's cradle with no baby in it 0:33 Read by Maggie Travers
Hop-o'-my-thumb and little Jack Horner 0:28 Read by Elizabeth Travers
Hope is like a harebell trembling from its birth 0:45 Read by Maggie Travers
O wind, why do you never rest 0:26 Read by Elizabeth Travers
Crying, my little one, footsore and weary? 0:50 Read by Maggie Travers
Growing in the vale 0:32 Read by Elizabeth Travers
A linnet in a gilded cage 0:37 Read by Maggie Travers
Wrens and robins in the hedge 0:24 Read by Elizabeth Travers
My baby has a mottled fist 0:31 Read by Maggie Travers
Why did baby die 0:27 Read by Elizabeth Travers
If all were rain and never sun 0:30 Read by Maggie Travers
O wind, where have you been 0:28 Read by Elizabeth Travers
Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk 0:36 Read by Maggie Travers
On the grassy banks 0:27 Read by Elizabeth Travers
Rushes in a watery place 0:34 Read by Maggie Travers
Minnie and Mattie 1:05 Read by Elizabeth Travers
Heartsease in my garden bed 0:39 Read by Maggie Travers
If I were a Queen 0:27 Read by Elizabeth Travers
What are heavy? sea-sand and sorrow 0:38 Read by Maggie Travers
Stroke a flint, and there is nothing to admire 0:25 Read by Elizabeth Travers
There is but one May in the year 0:43 Read by Maggie Travers
The summer nights are short 0:32 Read by Elizabeth Travers
The days are clear 0:35 Read by Maggie Travers
Twist me a crown of wind-flowers 0:38 Read by Elizabeth Travers
Brown and furry 0:40 Read by Maggie Travers
A toadstool comes up in a night 0:24 Read by Elizabeth Travers
A pocket handkerchief to hem 0:42 Read by Maggie Travers
If a pig wore a wig 0:28 Read by Elizabeth Travers
Seldom "can't" 0:24 Read by Maggie Travers
One and one are two 1:20 Read by Maggie Travers
How many seconds in a minute? 1:04 Read by Maggie Travers
What will you give me for my pound? 0:34 Read by Maggie Travers
January cold desolate 0:55 Read by Maggie Travers
What is pink? a rose is pink 0:50 Read by Elizabeth Travers
Mother shake the cherry tree 0:37 Read by Maggie Travers
A pin has a head, but has no hair 0:55 Read by Elizabeth Travers
Hopping frog, hop here and be seen 0:43 Read by Maggie Travers
Where innocent bright-eyed daisies are 0:29 Read by Maggie Travers
The city mouse lives in a house 0:39 Read by Maggie Travers
What does the donkey bray about? 0:48 Read by Maggie Travers
Three plum buns 0:33 Read by Maggie Travers
A motherless soft lambkin 0:37 Read by Maggie Travers
Dancing on the hill-tops 0:44 Read by Maggie Travers
When fishes set umbrellas up 0:24 Read by Elizabeth Travers
The peacock has a score of eyes 0:41 Read by Maggie Travers
Pussy has a whiskered face 0:25 Read by Elizabeth Travers
The dog lies in his kennel 0:38 Read by Maggie Travers
If hope grew on a bush 0:30 Read by Elizabeth Travers
I planted a hand 0:33 Read by Maggie Travers
Under the ivy bush 0:28 Read by Elizabeth Travers
I am a King 0:50 Read by Maggie Travers
There is one that has a head without an eye 0:30 Read by Elizabeth Travers
If a mouse could fly 0:41 Read by Maggie Travers
Sing me a song 0:37 Read by Elizabeth Travers
The lily has an air 0:33 Read by Maggie Travers
Margaret has a milking-pail 0:32 Read by Elizabeth Travers
In the meadow--what in the meadow? 0:42 Read by Maggie Travers
A frisky lamb 0:29 Read by Elizabeth Travers
Mix a pancake 0:30 Read by Maggie Travers
The wind has such a rainy sound 0:35 Read by Elizabeth Travers
Three little children 0:41 Read by Maggie Travers
Fly away, fly away over the sea 0:29 Read by Elizabeth Travers
Minnie bakes oaten cakes 0:36 Read by Maggie Travers
A white hen sitting 0:34 Read by Elizabeth Travers
Currants on a bush 0:26 Read by Maggie Travers
Playing at bob cherry 0:39 Read by Elizabeth Travers
I have but one rose in the world 0:32 Read by Maggie Travers
Rosy maiden Winifred 0:40 Read by Elizabeth Travers
Blind from my birth 0:41 Read by Maggie Travers
When the cows come home the milk is coming 0:34 Read by Elizabeth Travers
Roses blushing red and white 0:43 Read by Maggie Travers
"Ding a ding" 0:28 Read by Elizabeth Travers
A ring upon her finger 0:39 Read by Maggie Travers
Ferry me across the water 0:37 Read by Elizabeth Travers
When a mounting skylark sings 0:36 Read by Maggie Travers
Who has seen the wind? 0:33 Read by Elizabeth Travers
The horses of the sea 0:33 Read by Maggie Travers
O sailor, come ashore 0:32 Read by Maggie Travers
A diamond or a coal? 0:37 Read by Maggie Travers
An emerald is as green as grass 0:38 Read by Maggie Travers
Boats sail on the rivers 0:43 Read by Maggie Travers
The lily has a smooth stalk 0:44 Read by Maggie Travers
Hurt no living thing 0:36 Read by Maggie Travers
I caught a little ladybird 0:46 Read by Maggie Travers
All the bells were ringing 0:34 Read by Maggie Travers
Wee wee husband 0:32 Read by Maggie Travers
I have a little husband 0:33 Read by Maggie Travers
The dear old woman in the lane 0:41 Read by Maggie Travers
Swift and sure the swallow 0:28 Read by Maggie Travers
I dreamt I caught a little owl 0:37 Read by Maggie Travers
What does the bee do? 0:34 Read by Maggie Travers
I have a Poll parrot 0:34 Read by Maggie Travers
A house of cards 0:32 Read by Maggie Travers
The rose with such a bonny blush 0:28 Read by Maggie Travers
The rose that blushes rosy red 0:28 Read by Maggie Travers
Oh, fair to see 0:39 Read by Maggie Travers
Clever little Willie wee 0:35 Read by Maggie Travers
The peach tree on the southern wall 0:41 Read by Maggie Travers
A rose has thorns as well as honey 1:04 Read by Maggie Travers
Is the moon tired? she looks so pale 0:37 Read by Maggie Travers
If stars dropped out of heaven 0:36 Read by Maggie Travers
"Goodbye in fear, goodbye in sorrow" 0:41 Read by Maggie Travers
If the sun could tell us half 0:31 Read by Maggie Travers
If the moon came from heaven 0:35 Read by Maggie Travers
O Lady moon, your horns point toward the east 0:32 Read by Maggie Travers
What do the stars do? 0:35 Read by Maggie Travers
Motherless baby and babyless mother 0:24 Read by Maggie Travers
Crimson curtains round my mother's bed 0:28 Read by Maggie Travers
Baby lies so fast alseep 0:38 Read by Maggie Travers
I know a baby, such a baby 0:41 Read by Maggie Travers
Lullaby, oh, lullaby! 0:42 Read by Maggie Travers
Lie a-bed 0:32 Read by Maggie Travers