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Oats Peas Beans And Barley Grow

Oats, peas, beans and barley grow

Oats, peas, beans and barley grow

Can you or I or anyone know, how

Oats, peas, beans and barley grow

Waiting for a partner

Waiting for a partner

Open the ring, and choose one in

While we all gaily dance and sing

Then the farmer sows his seed

Then he stands and takes his ease

Stamps his foot and claps his hands

And turns around to view the land

Waiting for a partner

Waiting for a partner

Open the ring, and choose one in

While we all gaily dance and sing

Oats, peas, beans and barley grow

Oats, peas, beans and barley grow

Can you or I or anyone know, how

Oats, peas, beans and barley grow

Oh Dear What Can The Matter Be?

Oh dear what can the matter be?

Oh dear what can the matter be?

Oh dear what can the matter be?

Johnny’s so long at the fair

He promised to by me a bunch of blue ribbons

He promised to buy me a bunch of blue ribbons

He promised to buy me a bunch of blue ribbons 

To tie up my bonnie brown hair

He promised he’d bring me a basket of poses

A garland of lilies, a garland of roses

A little straw hat to set off the blue ribbons

That tie up my bonnie brown hair

Old John Muddlecombe

Old John Muddlecombe lost his cap

He couldn’t find it anywhere the poor old chap

He walked down the high street and everybody said

‘Silly John Muddlecombe, you’ve got it on you head!’

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Oh What A Silly Song

Doctor Foster went to Gloucester

In a shower of rain

He stepped in a puddle right up to his middle

And never went there again!

(chorus)

Oh what a silly song, oh what a silly song

Oh what a silly song, sing another do

Georgie Porgy pudding and pie

Kissed the girls and made them cry

When the boys came out to play

Georgie Porgy ran away

(chorus)

Little Jack Horner sat in his corner

Eating his Christmas pie

He put in his thumb and pulled out a plum

And said, “What a good boy am I?”

(chorus)

The Grand Old Duke of York

He had ten thousand men

He marched them up to the top of the hill

And he marched them down again

(chorus)

Jack Sprat could eat no fat

His wife could eat no lean

And so between the two of them

They licked the platter clean

(chorus - repeat)

Old King Cole

Old King Cole

Was a merry old soul

And a merry old soul was he

He called for his pipe

And he called for his bowl

And he called for his fiddlers three

Every fiddler, had a fine fiddle

A very fine fiddle had he

Oh, there’s none so rare

As can compare

With King Cole and his fiddlers three

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Old Macdonald

Old Macdonald had a farm, e i e i o

And on that farm he had a cow, e i e i o

With a moo moo here and a moo moo there

Here a moo, there a moo, everywhere a moo moo

Old Macdonald had a farm, e i e i o

Old Macdonald had a farm, e i e i o

And on that farm he had a pig, e i e i o

With an oink oink here and an oink oink there

Here an oink, there an oink, everywhere an oink oink

Old Macdonald had a farm, e i e i o

Old Macdonald had a farm, e i e i o

And on that farm he had a sheep, e i e i o

With a baa baa here, and a baa baa there

Here a baa, there a baa, everywhere a baa baa

Old MacDonald had a farm, e i e i o

Old Macdonald had a farm, e i e i o

And on that farm he had a dog, e i e i o

With a woof woof here and a woof woof there

Here a woof, there a woof, everywhere a woof woof

Old MacDonald had a farm e i e i o

Old Mother Hubbard

Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard

To fetch her poor dog a bone

But when she got there, the cupboard was bare

And so the poor dog had none

One For Sorrow

One for sorrow

Two for joy

Three for a girl

Four for a boy

Five for silver

Six for gold

Seven for a secret never to be told

(Related to the sighting of Magpies)

One Finger One Thumb

One finger, one thumb keep moving

One finger, one thumb keep moving

One finger, one thumb keep moving

We’ll all be merry and bright

One finger, one thumb, one arm, one leg keep moving

One finger, one thumb, one arm, one leg keep moving

One finger, one thumb, one arm, one leg keep moving

We’ll all be merry and bright

One finger, one thumb, one arm, one leg, one nod of the head keep moving

One finger, one thumb, one arm, one leg, one nod of the head keep moving

One finger, one thumb, one arm, one leg, one nod of the head keep moving

We’ll all be merry and bright

One finger, one thumb, one arm, one leg, one nod of the head, stand up, sit down keep moving

One finger, one thumb, one arm, one leg, one nod of the head, stand up, sit down keep moving

One finger, one thumb, one arm, one leg, one nod of the head, stand up, sit down keep moving

We’ll all be merry and bright

One finger, one thumb, one arm, one leg, one nod of the head, stand up, sit down, and turn around keep moving

One finger, one thumb, one arm, one leg, one nod of the head, stand up, sit down, and turn around, keep moving

One finger, one thumb, one arm, one leg, one nod of the head, stand up, sit down, and turn around keep moving

We’ll all be merry and bright

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One Man Went To Mow

One man went to mow, went to mow a meadow

One man and his dog, went to mow a meadow

Two men went to mow, went to mow a meadow

Two men, one man and his dog, went to mow a meadow

Three men went to mow, went to mow a meadow

Three men, two men, one man and his dog,

went to mow a meadow

Four men went to mow, went to mow a meadow

Four men, three men, two men, one man and his dog, went to mow a meadow

Five men went to mow, went to mow a meadow

Five men, four men, three men, two men, one man

and his dog, went to mow a meadow

One Misty Moisty Morning

One misty moisty morning

When cloudy was the weather

I met a little old man

Clothed all in leather

He began to compliment

And I began to grin

How do yo do, and how do you do

And how do you do again?

One Potato Two Potato

One potato, two potato

Three potato, four

Five potato, six potato

Seven potato, more

One Two Three

One, two, three, I love coffee

And Billy loves tea

How good you be

One, two, three, I love coffee

And Billy loves tea

One Two Three Four

One, two, three, four

Mary at the cottage door

Five, six, seven, eight

Eating cherries off a plate

One Two Buckle My Shoe

One, two, buckle my shoe

Three, four, knock at the door

Five, six, pick up sticks

Seven, eight, lay them straight

Nine, ten, a big fat hen

Eleven, twelve, dig and delve

Thirteen, fourteen, maids a-courting

Fifteen, sixteen, maids in the kitchen

Seventeen, eighteen, maids a-waiting

Nineteen..., nineteen, twenty, my plates empty

One Two Three Four Five

One, two, three, four, five

Once I caught a fish alive

Six, seven, eight, nine, ten

Then I let it go again

Why did you let it go?

Because it bit my finger so

Which finger did it bite

This little finger on my right

Oranges And Lemons

Oranges and lemons say the bells of Saint Clements

You owe me five farthings say the bells of Saint Martins

When will you pay me say the bells at Old Bailey?

When I grow rich say the bells at Shoreditch

When will that be say the bells at Stepney?

I’m sure I don’t know says the great bell at Bow

Here comes a candle to light you to bed

Here comes a chopper to chop of your head

Pat A Cake Pat A Cake (1)

Pat a cake, pat a cake, baker's man

That I will master, as fast as I can

Pat it and prick it and mark it with a T

Put it in the oven for Tommy and me

Pat A Cake Pat A Cake (2)

Pat a cake, pat a cake, baker's man

Bake me a cake as fast as you can

Pat it and prick it and mark it with B

Put it in the oven for baby and me

Pease Porridge Hot

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

Peter Piper

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper

A peck of pickled pepper Peter Piper picked

If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper

Where's the peck of pickled pepper Peter Piper picked?

(tongue twister)

Peter Pumpkin Eater

Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater

Had a wife and couldn't keep her

He put her in a pumpkin shell

And there he kept her very well

Please To Remember

Polly Put The Kettle On

Polly put the kettle on

Polly put the kettle on

Polly put the kettle on

We’ll all have tea

Sukey take it off again

Sukey take it off again

Sukey take it off again

They’ve all gone away

Pop Goes The Weasel

Half a pound of tuppenny rice

Half a pound of treacle

That’s the way the money goes

Pop goes the weasel

Up and down the city road

In and out of the Eagle

That's the way the money goes

Pop goes the weasel

Poor Jenny

Poor Jenny is a-weeping, a-weeping, a-weeping

Poor Jenny is a-weeping

On a fine summer's day

Pray tell me what she's weeping for, weeping for, weeping for

Pray tell me what she's weeping for

On a fine summer's day

She's weeping for her true love, her true love, her true love

She’s weeping for her true love

On a fine summer's day

Poor Jenny is a-weeping, a-weeping, a-weeping

Poor Jenny is a-weeping

On a fine summer's day

Pussy Cat

Pussy Cat Pussy Cat

Pussy cat, pussy cat, where have you been?

I’ve been up to London, to visit the Queen

Pussy cat, pussy cat, what did you there?

I frightened a little mouse, under a chair

Pussy Sits Beside The Fire

Pussy sits beside the fire

So pretty and so fair

In walks the little dog

Ah, pussy, are you there?

How do you do, Mistress Pussy?

I thank you very kindly, little dog

I'm very well just now

Put Your Finger On Your Nose