Nursery Rhymes and Songs - A to Z

Nursery Rhymes. Animated versions of BBC nursery rhymes for children with lyrics. 100+ videos. The Animal Fair...to...Humpty Dumpty...to Wind the bobbin up!
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Inside The Contested Origins Of The ‘Jack And Jill’ Nursery Rhyme

A few interpretations of the rhyme are light-hearted, but many are far darker — like the theory that it’s a metaphor for the execution of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. So, what does the “Jack and ...
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33 nursery rhyme origin stories that tell interesting tales

Chances are that when you were a kid, your parents sang you nursery rhymes to get you to sleep. And if that was the case, it is very likely they sang old nursery rhymes that were passed on from ...
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6 Forgotten Nursery Rhymes and Their Meanings

Recently, I found a beautiful 19th century children’s book called Mother Goose or the Old Nursery Rhymes. In it, illustrator Kate Greenaway had drawn the demure expressions and swan-like curvatures ...