Mother Goose rhymes

Cultural  

1. The brief, traditional, anonymous verses, or nursery rhymes, learned by children in the English-speaking world. Among the best-known Mother Goose rhymes are “Humpty Dumpty,” “Jack and Jill,” “Little Miss Muffet,” and “Old King Cole.”

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Example Sentences

Dr. Gupta gives the boy a handsome illustrated copy of Mother Goose rhymes.

From Literature

Mr. Seeger’s discography runs to dozens of albums: topical songs, Mother Goose rhymes, banjo instruction, African songs, lullabies, blues, Civil War songs, Spanish Civil War songs and far more.

From New York Times

I enjoyed reading the verse, as it flows beautifully and has a lovely rhythm, and refers back to the Mother Goose rhymes, which we have used as a stepping stone to reading the originals.

From The Guardian

Mother Goose rhymes and Struwwelpeter were put to music, and all the favourites in Andersen's M�rchen—the Princess and the Mermaid, the Swineherd and the Goblins—corresponded to some special bars of music in Anne-Marie's mind.

From Project Gutenberg

Little Mildred is walking and talking and singing little tunes and saying Mother Goose rhymes.

From Project Gutenberg