Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book - Contents

Contents

The book contains forty nursery rhymes, many of which are still popular, including;

• Baa Baa Black Sheep
• Hickory Dickory Dock
• Ladybird Ladybird
• Little Robin Redbreast
• Little Tommy Tucker
• London Bridge is Falling Down
• Mary Mary Quite Contrary
• Sing a Song of Sixpence
• Who Killed Cock Robin?

There are also a number of less familiar rhymes, some of which were probably unsuitable for later sensibilities, including:

Piss a Bed,

Piss a Bed,

Barley Butt,

Your Bum is so heavy,

You can't get up.

Some nursery rhymes turn up in disguise:

The Moon shines Bright,

The Stars give a light,

And you may kiss

A pretty girl

At ten a clock at night.

This is an earlier version of:

When I was a little boy

My mammy kept me in,

Now I am a great boy,

I'm fit to serve the king.

I can handle a musket,

And I can smoke a pipe.

And I can kiss a pretty girl

At twelve o'clock at night.