Top 10 Nursery Rhymes For Kids

Nursery rhymes are the cutest things you can teach to a toddler or any kids from 3-5 years of age. Baby Rhymes also help teachers, parents and relatives in creating a good connection with the children. Most of the rhymes are actually originated hundreds of years ago. Anyhow, Here’s some of the most popular rhymes !

10: Brahms’ Lullaby (Cradle Song)

One of the most popular Kids rhymes, Brahms’ Lullaby was first published in 1868 as “Weigenlied: Guten Abend, gute Nacht” (“Good Evening, good night”).

Lullaby and good night,
With roses bedight,
With lilies o’erspread,
Is my baby’s wee bed.
Lay you down now and rest,
May your slumber be blessed.

Lullaby and good night,
Thy mother’s delight,
Bright angels beside
My darling abide.
They will guard thee at rest.
Thou shalt wake on my breast.

9: Hickory Dickory Dock

First time published in London in Tommy Thumb’s pretty song book, hickory dickory dock is still known as a remarkable one among many different kids rhymes.

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

8: The Teapot Song

“I’m a little teapot” was written by George Harold Sanders and Clarence Z. Kelly for young students at Kelley’s dance school in New York. This things shows how sweet kids rhymes are.

I’m a little teapot, short and stout.
Here is my handle, here is my spout.
When I get all steamed up, hear me shout,
Tip me over and pour me out.

I’m a very special pot, it’s true,
Here, let me show you what I can do.
I can change my handle and my spout,
Tip me over and pour me out.

7: All the pretty little horses

This one is exactly how baby rhymes are supposed to be. All the pretty little horses’s exact origins are unknown but this song is thought to date back to the civil war era.

Hush-a-bye, don’t you cry,
Go to sleepy little baby.
When you wake, you’ll have cake,
And all the pretty little horses.

Black and bay, dapple and grey,
Coach and six little horses.
Hush-a-bye, don’t you cry,
Go to sleepy little baby.
Hush-a-bye, don’t you cry,
Go to sleepy little baby.
When you wake, you’ll have cake,
And all the pretty little horses.

Way down yonder, down in the meadow,
There’s a poor wee little lamby.
The bees and the butterflies pickin’ at its eyes,
The poor wee thing cried for her mammy.

Hush-a-bye, don’t you cry,
Go to sleepy little baby.
When you wake, you’ll have cake,
And all the pretty little horses.

6: All through the night

Placed 6th among most popular kids rhymes, “All through the night” is the English version of a Welsh folk song titled as “Ar Hyd y Nos.” The original one was written by Welsh poet, John Ceiriog Hudges and was sung to a melody that was first published by Welsh Harpist, Edward Jones in 1784.

All the stars’ twinkles say,
All through the night,
“This is the way to the realm of glory,”
All through the night.
Darkness is a different light
That exposes true beauty,
The Heavenly family in peace,
All through the night.
O, how cheerful smiles the star,
All through the night.
To light its earthly sister,
All through the night.
Old age is night when affliction comes,
But to beautify man in his late days,
We’ll put our weak light together,
All through the night.

5: B-I-N-G-O

The rhythm used in kids rhymes always matters and this piece “BINGO” is going to be loved by the children. Anyhow, this one appeared in the songbook “The Humming Bird” in 1785.

There was a farmer who had a dog,
And Bingo was his name-O.
B-I-N-G-O!
B-I-N-G-O!
B-I-N-G-O!
And Bingo was his name-O!

There was a farmer who had a dog,
And Bingo was his name-O.
(Clap)-I-N-G-O!
(Clap)-I-N-G-O!
(Clap)-I-N-G-O!
And Bingo was his name-O!

There was a farmer who had a dog,
And Bingo was his name-O!
(Clap, Clap)-N-G-O!
(Clap, Clap)-N-G-O!
(Clap, Clap)-N-G-O!
And Bingo was his name-O!

There was a farmer who had a dog,
And Bingo was his name-O.
(Clap, Clap, Clap)-G-O!
(Clap, Clap, Clap)-G-O!
(Clap, Clap, Clap)-G-O!
And Bingo was his name-O!

There was a farmer who had a dog,
And Bingo was his name-O.
(Clap, Clap, Clap, clap)-O!
(Clap, Clap, Clap, clap)-O!
(Clap, Clap, Clap, clap)-O!
And Bingo was his name-O!

There was a farmer who had a dog,
And Bingo was his name-O.
(Clap, Clap, Clap, Clap, Clap)
(Clap, Clap, Clap, Clap, Clap)
(Clap, Clap, Clap, Clap, Clap)
And Bingo was his name-O!

4:Baa Baa Black Sheep

The exact origins of this rhyme as one of the baby rhymes listed above is also unknown.However, this rhyme was first published in “Tommy Thumb’s Pretty Song Book” in 1744.

Baa, baa, black sheep,
Have you any wool?
Yes, sir; yes, sir
Three bags full.
One for my master,
And one for my dame,
And one for the little boy
Who lives down the lane.

3: Humpty Dumpty

“Humpty Dumpty”is a well known name in baby rhymes. This rhyme first appeared in “Mother Goose’s Melody” in 1803.

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the King’s horses and all the King’s men,
Couldn’t put Humpty together again.

2: Itsy Bitsy Spider

As other baby rhymes many versions of this rhyme is also available (e.g insy binsy spider etc) but itsy bitsy spider’s publisher is unknown.

The itsy bitsy spider
Climbed up the water spout.
Down came the rain
And washed the spider out.
Out came the sun
And dried up all the rain,
So the itsy-bitsy spider
Climbed up the spout again.

1: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.

It doesn’t matter how many Kids rhymes are there but this one will always be the one on the top. The lyrics now commonly recognized in “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” came from an English poem called “The Star,” written by Jane Taylor and first published in 1806.

Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are.