Any Soldier To His Son (Anonymous Poems)
What did I do, sonny, in the Great World War?Well, I learned to peel potatoes and to scrub the barrack ...
Anonymous Poems (22 Poems)
Nell Flaherty’s Drake (Anonymous Poems)
MY NAME it is Nell, right candid I tell,And I live near a dell I ne'er will deny,I had a ...
Allalu Mo Wauleen (The Beggar’s Address to His Bag) (Anonymous Poems)
GOOD neighbors, dear, be cautious,And covet no man's pounds or pence.Ambition's greedy maw shun,And tread the path of innocence!Dread crooked ...
Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ye (Anonymous Poems)
WHILE going the road to sweet Athy,Hurroo! hurroo!While going the road to sweet Athy,Hurroo! hurroo!While going the road to sweet ...
The Maid of the Sweet Brown Knowe (Anonymous Poems)
COME all ye lads and lassies and listen to me a while,And I'll sing for you a verse or two ...
I Know My Love (Anonymous Poems)
I KNOW my Love by his way of walking,And I know my love by his way of talking,And I know ...
Devotion, Captain Tobias Hume’s The First Part of Airs (Anonymous Poems)
FAIN would I change that noteTo which fond Love hath charm'd meLong, long to sing by rote,Fancying that that harm'd ...
Amergin (Anonymous Poems)
I AM the wind which breathes upon the sea,I am the wave of the ocean,I am the murmur of the ...
Advice to a Lover (Anonymous Poems)
The sea hath many thousand sands,The sun hath motes as many;The sky is full of stars, and LoveAs full of ...
Boys and Girls Come out to Play (Anonymous Poems)
Boys and girls come out to play,The moon does shine as bright as day;Come with a hoop, and come with ...
Cradle Song (Anonymous Poems)
O MY deir hert, young Jesus sweit,Prepare thy creddil in my spreit,And I sall rock thee in my hertAnd never ...
Bah, Bah, Black Sheep (Anonymous Poems)
Bah, bah, black sheep,Have you any wool?Yes, marry have I,Three bags full;One for my master,One for my dame,But none for ...
Hush a By Baby (Anonymous Poems)
Hush-a-by BabyOn the tree top,When the wind blowsThe cradle will rock;When the bough breaksThe cradle will fall,Down tumbles baby,Cradle, and ...
High Diddle Diddle (Anonymous Poems)
High diddle, diddle,The cat and the fiddle,The cow jump'd over the moon;The little dog laugh'dTo see such craft,And the dish ...
This Pig Went to Market (Anonymous Poems)
This pig went to market,That pig staid at home;This pig had roast meat,That pig had none;This pig went to the ...
Little Jack Horner (Anonymous Poems)
Little Jack HornerSat in a corner,Eating of Christmas pye;He put in his thumb,And pull'd out a plumb,And what a good ...
Jack and Gill (Anonymous Poems)
Jack and GillWent up the hill,To fetch a pail of water;Jack fell downAnd broke his crown,And Gill came tumbling after.(Anonymous)
Jack Sprat (Anonymous Poems)
Jack SpratCould eat no fat,His wife could eat no lean;And so betwixt them both,They lick'd the platter clean.(Anonymous)
Dickery Dickery Dock (Anonymous Poems)
Dickery, dickery dock,The mouse ran up the clock;The clock struck one,The mouse ran down,Dickery, dickery dock.(Anonymous)
Three Wise Men of Gotham (Anonymous Poems)
Three wise men of Gotham,They went to sea in a bowl,And if the bowl had been stronger,My song had been ...
There was an Old Woman (Anonymous Poems)
There was an old womanLiv'd under a hill,And if she isn't goneShe lives there still.(Anonymous)
Caesar’s Song (Anonymous Poems)
Bow, wow, wow,Whose dog art thou?Little Tom Tinker's dog,Bow, wow, wow.(Anonymous)