🇬🇧 Songs from United Kingdom
The British nursery-rhyme tradition is one of the best documented in the world, and many of its songs — “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” among them — have travelled far beyond English. Each entry here gives the words as sung, notes on where the rhyme was first recorded, and the story behind it.
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Are You Sleeping, Brother John? — lyrics and origin
United KingdomEnglish
“Are you sleeping, are you sleeping,”
Baa, Baa, Black Sheep — lyrics and origin
United KingdomEnglish
“Baa, baa, black sheep, have you any wool?”
Diddle Diddle Dumpling — lyrics and origin
United KingdomEnglish
“Diddle diddle dumpling, my son John,”
Do Your Ears Hang Low? — lyrics and origin
United KingdomEnglish
“Do your ears hang low? Do they wobble to and fro?”
Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes — lyrics and origin
United KingdomEnglish
“Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes.”
Hey Diddle Diddle — lyrics and origin
United KingdomEnglish
“Hey diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle,”
Lavender's Blue — lyrics and origin
United KingdomEnglish
“Lavender's blue, dilly dilly, lavender's green,”
London Bridge Is Falling Down — lyrics and origin
United KingdomEnglish
“London Bridge is falling down,”
Sing a Song of Sixpence — lyrics and origin
United KingdomEnglish
“Sing a song of sixpence, a pocket full of rye,”
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star — lyrics and origin
United KingdomEnglish
“Twinkle, twinkle, little star, how I wonder what you are…”
Two Little Blackbirds — lyrics and origin
United KingdomEnglish
“Two little blackbirds sitting on a wall,”