Nursery rhyme

A nursery rhyme is a traditional poem for young children. The term has been used since the 18th century or early 19th century. In North America, the term "Mother Goose rhymes", first used in the mid-18th century, is often used.

Examples of English nursery rhymes are "Humpty Dumpty", "Three Blind Mice", "Jack and Jill" , "Hey Diddle Diddle" and "Baa Baa Black Sheep."

Some nursery rhymes have same tune from each other. Both rhymes with similar tune can also vary in speed.

Nursery Rhyme Media

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  Illustration of "Hey Diddle Diddle", a well-known nursery rhyme

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  "Three Blinde Mice" (1609), published by Thomas Ravenscroft

• "Oranges and Lemons" (1744) is set to the tune of the bells of St Clement Danes, an Anglican church in the City of Westminster, London.

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  Popular Nursery Tales and Rhymes, Warner & Routledge, London, c. 1859

• A person singing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star"

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  "Baa, Baa, Black Sheep", from a 1901 illustration by William Wallace Denslow