Recorded Poems

By Title

180 Poems

Author	Title	First Line
A. A. Milne	The Alchemist	There lives an old man at the top of the street
Anonymous	Alison	Bytuene Mershe ant Averil
Anonymous	All Busy	The cock's on the house-top, blowing his horn;
William Douglas	Annie Laurie	Maxwelton braes are bonnie where early fa's the dew
Anonymous	April	When April was asked whether she could bring reliable weather
A. A. Milne	At Home	I want a soldier (A soldier in a busby)
A. A. Milne	At the Zoo	There are lions and roaring tigers, and enormous camels and things
James Ferguson	Auld Daddy Darkness	Auld Daddy Darkness creeps frae his hole
Hugh Miller	The Babie	Nae shoon to hide her tiny taes
Edith Nesbit	Baby Seed Song	Little brown seed, oh! little brown brother
A. A. Milne	Bad Sir Brian Botany	Sir Brian had a battleaxe with great big knobs on
Robert Burns	The Banks o' Doon	Ye banks and braes o' bonnie Doon,
Robert Burns	Bannockburn	Scots, wha hae wi' Wallace bled
A. A. Milne	Before Tea	Emmeline has not been seen for more than a week
Anonymous	Bimble, Bamble, Bumble	There was an old woman who rode on a broom,
Laura E. Richards	Bird Song	The robin sings of willow-buds
Anonymous	Blow, Wind, Blow	Blow, wind, blow! and go, mill, go!
Emily Huntington Miller	The Bluebird	I know the song that the bluebird is singing
Sir Walter Scott	The Bonnets o' Bonnie Dundee	To the Lords o' Convention 't was Claver'se who spoke
Margaret Johnson	A Bonny Boat	One, two, three! A bonny boat I see
Christina Georgina Rossetti	The Bow That Bridges Heaven	Boats sail on the rivers and ships sail on the seas
Anonymous	Bow-Wow-Wow	Bow-wow-wow! It's the great watch dog.
A. A. Milne	Brownie	In a corner of the bedroom is a great big curtain
A. A. Milne	Buckingham Palace	They're changing guard at Buckingham Palace
Walter de la Mare	Bunches of Grapes	"Bunches of grapes," says Timothy:
Anonymous	Buttercup	What makes the buttercup so yellow?
Anonymous	The Campbells Are Comin'	The Campbells are comin', Oho, Oho,
Anonymous	Can You?	Can you put the spider's web back in place that once has been swept away
Anonymous	Cherries	Under the trees, the farmer said, smiling and shaking his wise old head
A. A. Milne	The Christening	What shall I call my dear little dormouse?
Anonymous	The Clucking Hen	"Will you take a walk with me, my little wife, to-day?
A. A. Milne	Corner-of-the-Street	Down by the corner of the street where the three roads meet
Elizabeth Prentiss	Cradle Song	Sleep, baby, sleep! Thy father's watching the sheep
Anderson Alexander	Cuddle Doon	The bairnies cuddle doon at nicht
A. A. Milne	Daffodowndilly	She wore her yellow sun-bonnet
Anonymous	Daffy-Down-Dilly	Daffy-Down-Dilly has come up to town
Anonymous	Dame Duck's First Lecture on Education	Old Mother Duck has hatched a brood of ducklings, small and callow;
Mary F. Butts	Dewdrops	A million little diamonds sparkled on the trees
A. A. Milne	Disobedience	James James Morrison Morrison Weatherby George Dupree
A. A. Milne	The Dormouse and the Doctor	There once was a Dormouse who lived in a bed
Fred E. Weatherly	The Dustman	When the toys are growing weary
Oliver Herford	Elf and Dormouse	Under a toadstool crept a wee Elf
Anonymous	A Farmer Went Riding	A farmer went riding upon his gray mare,
Marjorie Barrows	Finding Fairies	When the winds of March are wakening the crocuses and crickets
Robert Burns	For a' That	Is there, for honest poverty
Anonymous	A Frog He Would A-Wooing Go	A Frog he would a-wooing go, whether his mother would let him or no,
Sir Walter Scott	Gathering Song of Donald Dhu	Pibroch of Donuil Dhu
Anonymous	God's Care	In the pleasant sunny meadows, where the buttercups are seen
Anonymous	Goldenrod	Tell me, sunny goldenrod, growing everywhere,
Robert Louis Stevenson	A Good Boy	I woke before the morning, I was happy all the day
Anonymous	Grasshopper Green	Grasshopper Green is a comical chap; he lives on the best of fare.
Anonymous	The Green Grass Growing All Around	There was a tree stood in the ground, the prettiest tree you ever did see
A. A. Milne	Growing Up	I've got shoes with grown up laces
A. A. Milne	Halfway Down	Halfway down the stairs is a stair where I sit
A. A. Milne	Happiness	John had great big waterproof boots on
A. A. Milne	Hoppity	Christopher Robin goes hoppity, hoppity
Gabriel Setoun	How the Flowers Grow	This is how the flowers grow: I have watched them and I know
Anonymous	How the Little Kite Learned to Fly	"I never can do it," the little kite said, as he looked at the others high over his head;
Anonymous	How To Get a Breakfast	Said the first little chick, with a queer little squirm,
Joy Allison	I Love You, Mother	"I love you, mother," said little John. Then, forgetting his work, his cap went on
Kate Greenaway	I Saw a Ship	I saw a ship that sailed the sea.
Judge Parry	I Would Like You for a Comrade	I would like you for a comrade, for I love you, that I do,
A. A. Milne	If I Were King	I often wish I were a King, and then I could do anything
A. A. Milne	In the Fashion	A lion has a tail and a very fine tail
A. A. Milne	Independence	I never did, I never did, I never did like
A. A. Milne	The Invaders	In careless patches through the wood the clumps of yellow primrose stood
A. A. Milne	The Island	If I had a ship, I'd sail my ship, I'd sail my ship through Eastern seas
Celia Thaxter	Jack Frost	Rustily creak the crickets
Robert Burns	John Anderson	John Anderson, my jo, John,
William Stevenson	Jolly Good Ale and Old	I cannot eat but little meat
A. A. Milne	Jonathan Jo	Jonathan Jo has a mouth like an 'O'
A. A. Milne	The King's Breakfast	The King asked the Queen, and the Queen asked the Dairymaid
A. A. Milne	Knights and Ladies	There is in my old picture-book a page at which I like to look
Anonymous	The Light-Hearted Fairy	Oh, who is so merry, so merry, heigh ho!
A. A. Milne	Lines and Squares	Whenever I walk in a London street, I'm ever so careful to watch my feet
A. A. Milne	Little Bo-Peep and Little Boy Blue	"What have you done with your sheep, Little Bo-Peep?
Laura E. Richards	Little Brown Bobby	Little Brown Bobby sat on the barn floor
John Kendrick Bangs	The Little Elf-Man	I met a little Elf-man, once, down where the lilies blow.
Anonymous	Little Jack Frost	Little Jack Frost went up the hill, watching the stars and the moon so still
Lydia Maria Child	The Little Maiden and the Little Bird	"Little bird! little bird! come to me!
Kate Greenaway	Little Wind	Little wind, blow on the hill top, Little wind, blow down the plain
Celia Thaxter	Lock the Dairy Door	"Lock the dairy door! Lock the dairy door!
Anonymous	London Bridge	London bridge is broken down,
Elizabeth Prentiss	Long Time Ago	Once there was a little Kitty, white as the snow
Thomas Campbell	Lord Ullin's Daughter	A chieftain, to the Highlands bound
Charles Kingsley	The Lost Doll	I once had a sweet little doll, dears
George Gascoigne	A Lover's Lullaby	Sing lullaby, as women do, wherewith they bring their babes to rest
Anonymous	The Man in the Moon	The Man in the Moon as he sails the sky is a very remarkable skipper,
A. A. Milne	Market Square	I had a penny, a bright new penny
Jean Ingelow	Milking Song	"Cusha! Cusha! Cusha!" calling ere the early dews were falling
Christina Georgina Rossetti	Minnie and Mattie	Minnie and Mattie and fat little May
A. A. Milne	The Mirror	Between the woods the afternoon is fallen in a golden swoon
A. A. Milne	Missing	Has anybody seen my mouse?
Matthias Barr	Moon, So Round and Yellow	Moon, so round and yellow looking from on high
Anonymous	Mr. Nobody	I know a funny little man, as quiet as a mouse
Robert Burns	My Heart's in the Highlands	My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here;
Robert Burns	My Jean	Of a' the airts the wind can blaw
Anonymous	My Maid Mary	My maid Mary she minds the dairy,
Kate Greenaway	My Robin	Under the window is my garden
Dinah Mulock	The New Year	Who comes dancing over the snow
Anonymous	The North Wind Doth Blow	The north wind doth blow and we shall have snow
A. A. Milne	Nursery Chairs	One of the chairs is South America
Mrs. Carter	Nursery Song	As I walked over the hill one day
Anonymous	Old Dame Cricket	Old Dame Cricket, down in a thicket, brought up her children nine
Anna E. Skinner	Old King Winter	Old King Winter's on his throne in robes of ermine white
Laura E. Richards	An Old Rat's Tale	He was a rat, and she was a rat,
Anonymous	Once I Saw a Little Bird	Once I saw a little bird come hop, hop, hop.
Henry C. Bunner	One, Two, Three	It was an old, old, old, old lady,
Mary Howliston	Our Flag	There are many flags in many lands,
Olive A. Wadsworth	Over in the Meadow	Over in the meadow in a nest built of sticks
William Brighty Rands	The Peddler's Caravan	I wish I lived in a caravan
Laura E. Richards	Peterkin Pout and Gregory Grout	"Oh, Peterkin Pout and Gregory Grout are two little goblins black,
A. A. Milne	Politeness	If people ask me, I always tell them
Thomas Hood	Precocious Piggy	"Where are you going to, you little pig?"
Anonymous	A Pretty Game	The sun and the rain in fickle weather
A. A. Milne	Puppy and I	I met a man as I went walking
Anonymous	Pussy-Cat Mew	Pussy-Cat Mew jumped over a coal
Anonymous	The Quarrelsome Kittens	Two little kittens, one stormy night, began to quarrel, and then to fight;
Anonymous	The Rabbits	Between the hill and the brook, ook, ook,
Robert Louis Stevenson	The Rain	The rain is raining all around
Lizzie M. Hadley	The Rainbow Fairies	Two little clouds one summer's day
A. A. Milne	Rice Pudding	What is the matter with Mary Jane?
Olive Beaupré Miller	The Road to China	I learned today the world is round like my big rubber ball
Anonymous	The Robber Kitten	A kitten once to its mother said, "I'll never more be good,
Laurence Alma-Tadema	The Robin	When father takes his spade to dig
Anonymous	Robin Hood and the Ranger	When Phoebus had melted the sickles of ice, and likewise the mountains of snow
Eugene Field	The Rock-a-By Lady	The Rock-a-By Lady from Hushaby Street comes stealing; comes creeping
Josiah Gilbert Holland	Rockaby, Lullaby	Rockaby, lullaby, bees on the clover!
Laura E. Richards	Rosy Posy	There was a little Rosy, and she had a little nosy
A. A. Milne	Sand-Between-the-Toes	I went down to the shouting sea, taking Christopher down with me
Anonymous	Santa Claus	He comes in the night! He comes in the night!
Wilhelmina Seegmuller	Seven Little Chicks	Seven little chicks go, "Peep, peep, peep,"
Jean Ingelow	Seven Times One	There's no dew left on the daisies and clover
Gabriel Setoun	The Ship	I saw a ship a-sailing
Edith M. Thomas	Shoe or Stocking	In Holland, children set their shoes
A. A. Milne	Shoes and Stockings	There's a cavern in the mountain where the old men meet
Robert Louis Stevenson	Singing	Of speckled eggs the birdie sings
Anonymous	Sir Patrick Spens	The king sits in Dunfermline town,
Lucy Larcom	Sir Robin	Rollicking Robin is here again.
F. C. Woodworth	The Snow Bird	The ground was all covered with snow one day
Anonymous	Some Little Mice	Some little mice sat in a barn to spin;
Kate Greenaway	Somewhere Town	Which is the way to Somewhere Town?
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow	Song	The wind blows east, the wind blows west,
Irene Rutherford McLeod	Song from "April"	I know where the wind flowers blow!
A. A. Milne	Spring Morning	Where am I going? I don't quite know
Isabel Eccelstone Mackay	Spring's Waking	A snowdrop lay in the sweet, dark ground.
A. A. Milne	Summer Afternoon	Six brown cows walk down to drink
Robert Louis Stevenson	The Swing	How do you like to go up in a swing
A. A. Milne	Teddy Bear	A bear, however hard he tries, grows tubby without exercise
John Kendrick Bangs	A Thanksgiving	For summer rain, and winter's sun
Amelia Barr	Thanksgiving	Have you cut the wheat in the blowing fields
Lydia Maria Child	Thanksgiving Day	Over the river and through the wood
A. A. Milne	The Four Friends	Ernest was an elephant, a great big fellow
A. A. Milne	The Three Foxes	Once upon a time there were three little foxes
Wilhelmina Seegmuller	There Was a Little Robin	There was a little robin sat singing in a tree
Anonymous	Three Little Maidens	There were three little maidens as busy as elves,
Anonymous	Three Little Owlets	Three little owlets in a hollow tree
Robert Louis Stevenson	Time To Rise	A birdie with a yellow bill hopped upon my window sill
Robert Burns	To a Mountain Daisy	Wee, modest, crimson-tipped flower,
Robert Burns	To a Mouse	Wee, sleekit, cow'rin', tim'rous beastie,
Kate Greenaway	To the Sun Door	They saw it rise in the morning, they saw it set at night
A. A. Milne	Twinkletoes	When the sun shines through the leaves of the apple-tree
Laura E. Richards	A Valentine	Oh! little loveliest lady mine
George MacDonald	A Verse	The lightning and thunder, they go and they come
A. A. Milne	Vespers	Little Boy kneels at the foot of the bed
A. A. Milne	Water-Lilies	Where the water-lilies go to and fro
Robert Tennant	Wee Davie Daylicht	Wee Davie Daylicht keeks ower the sea
Christina Georgina Rossetti	What Can I Give Him?	What can I give Him? Poor as I am?
Henry Abbey	What Do We Plant?	What do we plant when we plant the tree? We plant the ship, which will cross the sea
Wilhelmina Seegmuller	What I Like	I like to ride on a load of hay, to tramp in puddles on a rainy day
Anonymous	When I Was a Little Boy	When I was a little boy, I lived by myself
Charles D. G. Roberts	When the Sleepy Man Comes	When the sleepy man comes with the dust on his eyes,
Anonymous	White Sheep	White sheep, white sheep, on a blue hill
Christina Georgina Rossetti	Who Has Seen the Wind?	Who has seen the wind? Neither I nor you
Clara Doty Bates	Who Likes the Rain?	"I," said the duck, "I call it fun, for I have my little red rubbers on;
Lydia Maria Child	Who Stole the Bird's Nest?	"To-whit! to-whit! to-whee! Will you listen to me?
Kate Greenaway	Will You Be My Little Wife?	Will you be my little wife if I ask you? Do!
Robert Louis Stevenson	Windy Nights	Whenever the moon and stars are set
Mary F. Butts	Winter Night	Blow, wind, blow!
A. A. Milne	The Wrong House	I went into a house, and it wasn't a house