Nursery Rhymes

Nursery Rhymes About Time




Bell Horses

Bell horses, bell horses, What time of day? One o'clock, two o'clock, Time to away.

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A Diller A Dollar

A diller, a dollar, a ten o'clock scholar! What makes you come so soon? You used to come at ten o'clock; Now you come at noon.

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Hickory Dickory Dock

Hickory, dickory, dock, The mouse ran up the clock. The clock struck one, And down he run, Hickory, dickory, dock.

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Robin And Richard

Robin and Richard were two pretty men, They lay in bed till the clock struck ten; Then up starts Robin and looks at the sky, "Oh, brother Richard, the sun's very high! You go before, with the bottle and bag, And I will come after on little Jack Nag."

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The Clock

There's a neat little clock,-- In the schoolroom it stands,-- And it points to the time With its two little hands. And may we, like the clock, Keep a face clean and bright, With hands ever ready To do what is right.

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Saturday, Sunday

On Saturday night Shall be all my care To powder my locks And curl my hair. On Sunday morning My love will come in. When he will marry me With a gold ring.

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Play Days

How many days has my baby to play? Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday.

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Sneezing

If you sneeze on Monday, you sneeze for danger; Sneeze on a Tuesday, kiss a stranger; Sneeze on a Wednesday, sneeze for a letter; Sneeze on a Thursday, something better. Sneeze on a Friday, sneeze for sorrow; Sneeze on a Saturday, joy to-morrow.

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Tick, Tock

Tick, tock! Tick, tock! Forty ’leven by the clock. Tick, tock! Tick, tock! Put your ear to Grandpa’s ticker, Like a pancake, only thicker. Tick, tock! Tick, tock! Catch a squirrel in half a minute, Grab a sack and stick him in it. Tick, tock! Tick, tock! Mister Bunny feeds on honey, Tea, and taters—ain’t it funny? Tick, tock! Tick, tock! When he goes to bed at night, Shoves his slippers out of sight; That is why Old Fox, the sinner, Had to go without his dinner. Tick, tock! Tick, tock! So says Grandpa’s clock. Leroy F. Jackson

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I Went to Town on Monday

I went to town on Monday To buy myself a coat, But on the way I met a man Who traveled with a caravan, And bought a billy-goat. I went to town on Tuesday And bought a fancy vest. I kept the pretty bucklestraps, Buttonholes and pocketflaps, And threw away the rest. I went to town on Thursday To buy a loaf of bread, But when I got there, goodness sakes! The town was full of rattlesnakes— The bakers all were dead. I went to town on Saturday To get myself a wife, But when I saw the lady fair

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