The complete book of rhymes, songs, poems, fingerplays, and chants
Jackie Silberg, Pamela Byrne Schiller, Deborah C. Wright (Illustrator)
Overview: This best-selling book now comes with a double CD featuring fifty songs! The book gives children a variety of ways to fall in love with rhythm, rhyme, repetition, and structural sequence-important building blocks for future readers. With over seven hundred selections, the book and CD will help children build a strong foundation in skills such as listening, imagination, coordination, and spatial and body awareness. In this giant book of rhythm and rhyme, you are sure to find your own childhood favorites. The accompanying double CD features a variety of song styles that are guaranteed to get children up and moving
nursery rhymes
507 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm + 2 audio discs (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
9780876590539, 0876590539
76064872
Introduction
1,2,3,
2,4,6,8
A:
After my bath
Aiken drum
Air
Alack, alack
All about me
All by myself
All through the night
Alouette
Alphabet forward and backwards
Alphabet song
America the beautiful
Anchors aweigh
Animal fair
Annie Mae
Ants go marching
Apples and bananas
April clouds
Are you sleeping?
Arroro mi nino (hush now, my little one)
Arroz con leche (rice with milk)
As I was going to Banbury
As I was going to sell my butter
As I was going to St Ives
As I was walking (in a field of wheat)
As I was walking (near the lake)
As I went to Bonner
As I went up the apple tree
As light as a feather
Au Clair de la lune (by the light of the moon)
Aunt Maria
Auntie, will your dog bite?
Autumn leaves
B:
Baby bear's chicken pox
Baby bumblebee
Baby mice
Baby seeds
Baker
Barber, barber
Bat, bat, come under my hat
B-B-B-baby
Be kind to your web-footed friends
Be very quiet
Bears eat honey
Bear
Bear went over the mountain
Bed is too small
Bees
Betty bought a bit of butter
Bicycle built for two
Big and small
Big bass drum
Big rock candy mountain
Big ship sailing
Big turkey
Billy boy
Bingo
Birds
Birthday candles
Blackberries
Blow, wind, blow
Bobby shaftoe
Boom, boom, ain't it great to be crazy?
Bounce the ball
Bouncing ball
Bow wow, says the dog
Boys and girls
Brahm's lullaby
Bryan O'Lynn
Buenos Dias
Buffalo gals
Bumblebee
Bus
Buttercups and daisies
Buying a horse
Bye baby bunting
C:
Cackle, cackle, Mother Goose
Calliope song
Can you wash your father's shirt?
Cap, mittens, shoes, and socks
Cat
Catalina Magnalina
Catch him, crow
Caterpillar crawled
Caterpillar
Charlie over the ocean
Chickery, chickery, cranny crow
Chocolate rhyme
Choosing a kitten
Christmas is coming
Clap your hands
Clementine
Clock
Cloud
Clouds
Cobbler, cobbler
Cock-a-doodle-doo
Cockles and mussels
Cock's on the housetop
Color song
Come and listen
Come, butter, come
Counting
Cow
Crocodile song
Crocodile
Cross patch
Cuantos cuentos?/how many tales
Curly locks
Cushy cow Bonnie. D:
Daffy down dilly
Dance a merry jig
Dance, thumbkin, dance
Dancing rainbows
Deedle, deedle, dumpling
Devonshire rhyme
Dickery, dickery, dare
Did you ever see a lassie?
Did you feed my cow?
Diller, a dollar
Ding, dong, bell
Dinosaurs
Dirty old Bill
Do your ears hang low?
Donkey, donkey
Donut song
Doodlebug
Doodle-li-do
Dormy, dormy dormouse
Down by the bay
Down by the riverside
Down by the station
Downy duck
Dr Foster went to Gloucester
Dusty
E:
Eeny, meeny, miney, mo
El barquito (the little boat)
Elephant goes
Elizabeth, Elspeth, Betsey, and Bess
Elsie Marley
Engine, engine
Erie Canal
Every morning at eight o'clock
Eye rhymes
Eye winkler
F:
Family
Family fun
Farmer in the dell
Father, mother, and Uncle John
Fiddle-i-fee
Fido
Firefighters
Fire, fire
Five currant buns
Five fingers on each hand
Five little ducks
Five little fingers
Five little froggies
Five little mice
Five little monkeys (jumping on the bed)
Five little monkeys (swinging from a tree)
Five little pumpkins
Five little sausages
Five little snowmen
Five little speckled frogs
Five waiting pumpkins
Floppy rag doll
Flour of England, fruit of Spain
Fly hath married the bumblebee
Fooba wooba John
Food song
Found a peanut
Four seeds
Fox went out on a chilly night
Frog went a-courtin'
Froggie sat on a log
From Wibbleton
Frosty weather
Fuzzy wuzzy was a bear
G:
Ghost of John
Giddy up
Go in and out the window
Go tell Aunt Rhody
Go to bed early
Gobble, gobble, gobble
Going on a bear hunt
Gold ships
Good morning
Good morning, merry sunshine
Good morning, Mrs Hen
Good night, sleep tight
Goosey, goosey, gander
Grand Old Duke of York
Grandpa's (or grandma's) glasses
Granfa' Grig
Gray goose and gander
Gray squirrel
Green cheese
Green grass grew all around
Green grow the rushes O
Gregory Griggs
H:
Had a little rooster
Handy pandy
Hanky panky
He's got the whole world in his hands
Head, shoulders, baby
Head and shoulders
Hear the lively song
Here are my ears
Here are my eyes
Here is a beehive
Here is a bunny
Here is a house
Here is the sea
Here sits the lord mayor
Here we come gathering knots of may
Here we go
Hey, diddle, diddle, dout
Hey, diddle diddle
Hey, diddle dinkety poppety pet
Hey, my name is Joe!
Hickety, pickety, my black hen
Hickory, dickory, dock
Higglrty, pigglety, pop!
High and low
High there in the deep blue sky
Hinx, minx
Hipplety hop to the grocery shop
Hokey pokey
Home on the range
Home, sweet home
Horsie, horsie
Hot cross buns!
House that Jack built
How go the ladies
How many miles to Babylon?
How much wood
Humpty Dumpty
Hunting we will go
Hush, little baby
Hush-a-bye. I:
I can do it myself
I clap my hands
I clap my hands (to make a sound)
I eat my peas
I had a dog
I had a little brother
I had a little cow
I had a little dog
I had a little pig
I had a little pony (his name was dapple gray)
I had a little pony (that trotted up and down)
I had a loose tooth
I have a little sister
I have a little wagon
I have so many parts to me
I have something in my pocket
I have two eyes
I know a little puppy
I know a little pussy
I know something
I like silver
I love little pussy
I love the mountains
I measure myself
I never had a dog
I never saw a purple cow
I saw a ship a-sailing
I saw eight magpies
I stand on tiptoe
I use my brain
I went upstairs (just like me)
I went upstairs (to make my bed)
I wiggle
I wish I were
If all the seas
If all the world were paper
If I had a donkey
If I were an apple
If wishes were horses
If you're happy and you know it
I'll buy you a tartan bonnet
I'm a choo-choo train
I'm a frozen icicle
I'm a jack-o-lantern
I'm a little acorn brown
I'm a little Dutch girl
In a cabin in the woods
In a cottage in fife
In marble walls
Inside out
It rains, it blows
It's raining
Itsy bitsy spider
I've been working on the railroad
I've got sixpence
J:
Jack and Jill
Jack-a-nory
Jack be nimble
Jack Frost
Jack-in-the-box
Jack-in-the-box (oh, so still)
Jack, Jack
Jack-o-lantern
Jack Sprat
Jaybird, jaybird
Jelly on the plate
Jennie Jenkins
Jim along Josie
Jingle bells / Casca beles
John Brown's baby
John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt
Johnny Appleseed
Johnny works with one hammer
Juba this and juba that
Jumping Joan
K:
Knock at the door
Kookaburra
Kumbaya
L:
Ladybug! ladybug!
Last night, the night before
Lavender's blue
Lazy Mary
Leg over leg
Let's be friends by Jackie Silberg
Let's go to the wood
Little Arabella Miller
Little ball
Little Betty blue
Little Bo peep
Little boy blue
Little fishes in a brook
Little green frog
Little hunk of tin
Little Jack Horner
Little King Pippin
Little maid, little maid
Little Miss Muffet
Little Miss Tucket
Little mouse
Little mousie
Little Nancy Etticoat
Little poll parrot
Little red apple
Little red caboose
Little red wagon
Little robin red breast
Little sir echo
Little skunk's hole
Little squirrel
Little Tommy Tinker
Little Tommy Tittlemouse
Little Tommy Tucker
Little white rabbit
London bridge
Looby loo
Los pollitos
Lucy locket
M:
Make a pancake
Make new friends /amigos
Man in the moon (came down too soon)
Man in the moon (looked out of the moon)
Man in the wilderness
Mary Ann, Mary Ann
Mary had a little lamb
Mary, Mary
Matthew, Mark, Luke and John
Me and you
Merry are the bells
Merry ma Tanzie
Merry sunshine
Michael Finnegan
Michael, row the boat ashore
Milkman, milkman
Miss Mary Mack
Miss Polly had a dolly
Mister sun
Monday's child
Moon shines bright
More me get together
Moses supposes
Mother, may I
Mr Noboby
Mr Turkey
Muffin man
Mulberry bush
My apple
My big balloon
My bike
My Bonnie lies over the ocean
My dog rags
My eyes can see
My father is extremely tall
My father owns a butcher shop
My favorite toys
My grandfather's clock
My hand on myself
My hat, it had three corners
My head
My little sister
My mama told me
My old hen's a good old hen
My shadow
N:
North wind doth blow
Nose, nose, jolly red nose
Now we are gathering nuts in may
Nut tree
O:
Oats, peas, beans, and barley grow
Oh, dear, what can the matter be?
Oh, how lovely is the evening
Oh, the mighty King of France
Oh, rare Harry Parry
Oh, you can't get to heaven
Old Dan Tucker
Old gray cat
Old gray mare
Old King Cole
Old MacDonald had a farm
Old Mother Goose
Old Mother Hubbard
Old woman
Old woman's pie
Oliver Twist (can you do this?)
Oliver Twist (couldn't do this)
On a dark, dark night
On Saturday night
Once I saw a little bird
One dark and stormy night
One elephant
One finger, one thumb, keep moving
One for the money
One for the mouse
One misty, moisty, morning
One old oxford ox
One potato, two potato
One to make ready
One, two
One, two, three, four
One, two, three, four, five
One's none
Open, shut them
Over in the meadow
O, Susanna
Over the river and through the wood
Owl and the pussycat. P:
Pat-a-cake
Pawpaw patch
Peanut butter
Peanut sitting on a railroad track
Peas porridge hot
Peter Piper
Pettitoes
Pie sat on a pear tree
Pinkety, pinkety
Pipe, cat
Point to the right
Polly put the kettle on
Polly wolly doodle
Pop! Goes the weasel
Porridge is bubbling
Pretty butterfly
Pretty maid, pretty maid
Puddin' n' tame
Punchinello
Puppet clown
Puppies and kittens
Pussy at the fireside
Pussy cat
Pussy cat ate the dumplings
Pussy cat mew
Pussycat, pussycat
Q:
Queen of Hearts
R:
Rain
Rain (on the green grass)
Rain (splish, splash)
Rain, rain, go away
Raindrop song
Rat-a-tat-tat
Red dress
Red River Valley
Red, white, and blue
Ride a cockhorse to Banbury cross
Rig-a-jig-jig
Rindle, randle
Ring around the Rosie
River
Robert Rowley rolled a round
Robin and Richard
Rockabye, baby
Rock-a-bye, they cradle is green
Rock-a-my-soul
Rose is red, the violet's blue
Roses are red
Round and round
Round and round the garden
Round the maypole
Row, row, row your boat
S:
Sailing, sailing
Sailor went to sea
Sally go round the sun
Sam, Sam
Say and touch
Say, say, my playmate
Scarborough fair
Seasons
Secret
See a pin
See-saw, Margery Daw
See-saw, Millie McGraw
See saw, sacradown
September blow soft
She is handsome
She sells seashells
She waded in the water
She'll be comin' round the mountain
Shoo fly
Short'nin'bread
Simple gifts
Simple Simon
Sing a song of sixpence
Sing, sing
Sippin' cider through a straw
Sippity sup, sippity sup
Six little snowmen
Six white ducks
Skidamarink
Skip to my Lou
Sleep, baby, sleep
Slip on your raincoat
Slippery soap
Slowly, slowly
Smiling girls
Snail
Snail, snail
Snow, snow, fly away
Snowman
Snowman (as round as a ball)
Soda bread
Solomon Grundy
Sometimes
Spring is coming
Spring is showery
Squirrel
Star light, star bright
Star spangled banner
Stop, look, and listen
Stretching chant
Stretching fun
Sur le pont d'avignon
Susie Moriar
Swim little fishie
Swing
T:
Take me out to the ball game
Taps
Teacher, teacher
Teddy bear, teddy bear
Teeter totter
Ten in the bed
Ten little fingers
Terrific toes
Thank you
There once was a queen
There once was a sow
There once was a turtle
There was a bee-eye-ee-eye-ee
There was a crooked man
There was a little boy
There was a little girl
There was a maid on Scrabble Hill
There was an old lady who swallowed a fly
There was an old woman, and what do you think?
There was an old woman (lived under some stairs)
There was an old woman (tossed up in a basket)
There was an old woman (who lived under a hill)
There were three cooks of Colebrook
There were three jovial huntsmen
There's a hole in the middle of the sea
There's a hole in the bucket
These are mother's knives and forks
They that wash on Monday
Thirty days hath September
This is the church
This is the way we wash our face
This little doggie
This little finger
This little hand
This little light of mine
This little pig
This little piggy
This little snail
This old man
Three jolly gentlemen
Three little kittens
Three little witches
Three men in a tub
Three wise men of Gotham
Thumbkin, pointer
Thunderstorm
Tidy up
Time to pick up
Tiny seeds
Tiny Tim
Tippety tin
Tisket, a tasket
To market, to market
Today is a birthday!
Tom, Tom
Tommy thumbs
Tooty ta
Toys away
Turtle
Twenty white horses
Twinkle, twinkle, little star
Twister of twists
Two crows
Two in the middle
Two little blackbirds
Two little dogs
Two little houses
Two sticks and an apple
U:
Un, deux, trois
Under the spreading chestnut tree
Uno, dos, y tres
Unwind the thread
Up in the green orchard
Up the wooden hill
Up to the ceiling
Upstairs, downstairs
V:
Vintery, mintery, cutery, corn
W:
Wake up, Jack-in-the-box
Wake up, Jacob
Walk one day
Warm hands
Wash the dishes
Way down south
Way down yonder
We can
We wish you a Merry Christmas
Wee Willie Winkie
What do you see?
What the animals say
What'll I do with my baby-o?
Wheels on the bus
When ducks get up in the morning
When I was one
When I was young
When Jack's a very good boy
When that I was but a little tiny boy
Where do you wear your ears?
Where is thumbkin?
Where, oh, where has my little dog gone?
Whether the weather
White coral bells
Who is that singing?
Who stole the cookies from the cookie jar?
Whoops, Johnny
Whose little pigs
Willoby wallaby woo
Willy boy, Willy boy, where are you going?
Wind
Wind (blows high)
Wind (swoosh, swirl)
Wind the bobbin
Window watching
Windshield wiper
Wine and cakes for gentlemen
Wynken, Blynken, and Nod
X:
X, Y, and tumbledown Z
Y:
Yankee Doodle
Yellow rose of Texas
Yorkshire lullabye
You're a grand old flag
Z:
Zoom, zoom, zoom
Zum gali gali
Indexes
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By theme connection
By category
Includes indexes
Title on accompanying CDs: Music from The complete book of rhymes, songs, poems, fingerplays, and chants