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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

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Love me, --I love you

0:34

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My baby has a father and a mother

0:32

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Our little baby fell asleep

0:30

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"Kookoorookoo! kookoorookoo!"

0:41

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Baby cry

0:24

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Eight o'clock

0:29

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Bread and milk for breakfast

0:25

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There's snow on the fields

0:35

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Dead in the cold, a song-singing thrush

0:31

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I dug and dug amongst the snow

0:41

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A city plum is not a plum

0:30

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Your brother has a falcon

0:36

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Hear what the mournful linnets say

0:35

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A baby's cradle with no baby in it

0:33

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Hop-o'-my-thumb and little Jack Horner

0:28

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Hope is like a harebell trembling from its birth

0:45

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O wind, why do you never rest

0:26

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Crying, my little one, footsore and weary?

0:50

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Growing in the vale

0:32

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A linnet in a gilded cage

0:37

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Wrens and robins in the hedge

0:24

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My baby has a mottled fist

0:31

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Why did baby die

0:27

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If all were rain and never sun

0:30

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O wind, where have you been

0:28

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Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk

0:36

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On the grassy banks

0:27

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Rushes in a watery place

0:34

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Minnie and Mattie

1:05

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Heartsease in my garden bed

0:39

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If I were a Queen

0:27

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What are heavy? sea-sand and sorrow

0:38

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Stroke a flint, and there is nothing to admire

0:25

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There is but one May in the year

0:43

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The summer nights are short

0:32

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The days are clear

0:35

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Twist me a crown of wind-flowers

0:38

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Brown and furry

0:40

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A toadstool comes up in a night

0:24

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A pocket handkerchief to hem

0:42

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If a pig wore a wig

0:28

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Seldom "can't"

0:24

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One and one are two

1:20

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How many seconds in a minute?

1:04

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What will you give me for my pound?

0:34

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January cold desolate

0:55

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What is pink? a rose is pink

0:50

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Mother shake the cherry tree

0:37

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A pin has a head, but has no hair

0:55

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Hopping frog, hop here and be seen

0:43

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Where innocent bright-eyed daisies are

0:29

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The city mouse lives in a house

0:39

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What does the donkey bray about?

0:48

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Three plum buns

0:33

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A motherless soft lambkin

0:37

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Dancing on the hill-tops

0:44

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When fishes set umbrellas up

0:24

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The peacock has a score of eyes

0:41

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Pussy has a whiskered face

0:25

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The dog lies in his kennel

0:38

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If hope grew on a bush

0:30

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I planted a hand

0:33

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Under the ivy bush

0:28

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I am a King

0:50

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There is one that has a head without an eye

0:30

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If a mouse could fly

0:41

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Sing me a song

0:37

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The lily has an air

0:33

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Margaret has a milking-pail

0:32

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In the meadow--what in the meadow?

0:42

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A frisky lamb

0:29

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Mix a pancake

0:30

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The wind has such a rainy sound

0:35

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Three little children

0:41

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Fly away, fly away over the sea

0:29

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Minnie bakes oaten cakes

0:36

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A white hen sitting

0:34

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Currants on a bush

0:26

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Playing at bob cherry

0:39

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I have but one rose in the world

0:32

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Rosy maiden Winifred

0:40

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Blind from my birth

0:41

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When the cows come home the milk is coming

0:34

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Roses blushing red and white

0:43

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"Ding a ding"

0:28

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A ring upon her finger

0:39

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Ferry me across the water

0:37

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When a mounting skylark sings

0:36

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Who has seen the wind?

0:33

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The horses of the sea

0:33

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O sailor, come ashore

0:32

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A diamond or a coal?

0:37

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An emerald is as green as grass

0:38

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Boats sail on the rivers

0:43

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The lily has a smooth stalk

0:44

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Hurt no living thing

0:36

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I caught a little ladybird

0:46

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All the bells were ringing

0:34

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Wee wee husband

0:32

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I have a little husband

0:33

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The dear old woman in the lane

0:41

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Swift and sure the swallow

0:28

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I dreamt I caught a little owl

0:37

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What does the bee do?

0:34

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I have a Poll parrot

0:34

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A house of cards

0:32

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The rose with such a bonny blush

0:28

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The rose that blushes rosy red

0:28

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Oh, fair to see

0:39

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Clever little Willie wee

0:35

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The peach tree on the southern wall

0:41

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A rose has thorns as well as honey

1:04

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Is the moon tired? she looks so pale

0:37

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If stars dropped out of heaven

0:36

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"Goodbye in fear, goodbye in sorrow"

0:41

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If the sun could tell us half

0:31

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If the moon came from heaven

0:35

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O Lady moon, your horns point toward the east

0:32

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What do the stars do?

0:35

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Motherless baby and babyless mother

0:24

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Crimson curtains round my mother's bed

0:28

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Baby lies so fast alseep

0:38

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I know a baby, such a baby

0:41

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Lullaby, oh, lullaby!

0:42

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Lie a-bed

0:32

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