Introduction 4

Sally Go Round the Moon 5

Old MacDonald Had a Farm 6

Janey Mac 8

Night, night, sleep tight 8

Horsie, Horsie 9

Diddle, Diddle, Dumpling 10

Muc, Muc, Muc 11

Moon penny 12

Two Little Dicky Birds 12

Row, Row 13

One, Two, Buckle My Shoe 14

This Little Piggy 15

Ochanee, When I Was Wee 16

Rain, rain 16

Dance to Your Daddy 17

Twinkle, Twinkle 18

Jack be nimble 18

Hey Diddle Diddle 19

Humpty Dumpty 20

Mary Mac, Mac, Mac 21

Rólaí pólaí 21

There Was an Old Woman 22

Dan, Dan, the Silly Old Man 24

Queen, Queen Caroline 25

Baa Baa, Black Sheep 26

I’ll tell you a story 26

Mary Had a Little Lamb 27

I’ve Got a Dog 28

Three Blind Mice 29

The Wheels on the Bus 30

Are Ye Right There, Michael? 32

Arabella Miller 33

Half a Pound of Tuppenny Rice 34

Adam and Eve and Pinch-me 35

Mammy, Mammy Told Me O 36

Skinny Malink 37

I Eat My Peas with Honey 38

Little Miss Muffet 39

In a Dark, Dark Wood 40

Three Little Ghosties 41

The Fairies 42

If You Weren’t So Ballymena 43

Michael Finnegan 43

Tell-tale 44

Seven Magpies 45

I’m the king of the castle 45

I’m a Little Teapot 46

Teddy Bear 47

Round the rugged rocks 47

Snug as a bug 47

Ring a Ring o’ Roses 48

Jack and Jill 49

This Is the Way 50

Ride a Cock Horse 51

How Many Miles to Babylon? 52

The Claddagh Boatman 53

Hey-ho for Hallowe’en 54

Double, Double 54

Seilide, Seilide Púcaí 55

Incy Wincy Spider 56

Ladybird, Ladybird 57

Hickory, Dickory, Dock 58

Red sky in the morning 58

Pangur Bán 59

Two Cats of Kilkenny 60

All Things Bright and Beautiful 61

Hush-a-bye, Baby 62

Mocking Bird 63

Starlight 64

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Old MacDonald Had a Farm

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.

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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.

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Janey Mac

Janey Mac, me shirt is blackWhat’ll I do for Sunday?Go to bed and cover me headAnd not get up till Monday.

Night, night, sleeptight, don’t let the bed bugs bite!

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Horsie, Horsie

Horsie, horsie, don’t you stop,Just let your feet go clippety clop,Your tail goes swish and the wheels go round,Giddy-up, we’re homeward bound.

Horsie, horsie, on your way,We’ve done this journey many a day,Your tail goes swish and the wheels go round,Giddy-up, we’re homeward bound.

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Diddle, Diddle, Dumpling

Diddle, diddle, dumpling, my son John,Went to bed with his trousers on;One shoe off, and one shoe on,Diddle, diddle, dumpling, my son John.

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Muc, Muc, Muc

I’m an old pig,Muc, muc, muc,I’m an old pig,Muc, muc, muc,Can’t sow or dig,Muc, muc, muc,’Cos I’m an old pig,Muc, muc, muc.

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