A Golden Treasury of Nursery Rhymes

**A Golden Treasury of Nursery Rhymes (1991)** was released by Tempo Pre-School on 4th November 1991, 1st June 1992, and then it got re-released by Tempo Pre-School on 14th April 1997 and 7th February 2000.

## A Golden Treasury of Nursery Rhymes

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### Catalogue Number

95172
989924
LTL0005

## Songs

1. Baa Baa Black Sheep
2. Jack and Jill
3. Humpty Dumpty
4. Hey Diddle Diddle
5. Old King Cole
6. Mary Had a Little Lamb
7. Polly Put the Kettle On
8. Little Boy Blue
9. Ding Dong Bell
10. Little Miss Muffet
11. Goosey Goosey Gander
12. Sing a Song of Sixpence
13. Ring a Ring O’ Roses
14. Hickory Dickory Dock
15. The North Wind Doth Blow
16. Little Jack Horner
17. The Queen of Hearts
18. Mary Mary Quite Contrary
19. Pat a Cake, Pat a Cake
20. Georgie Porgie
21. Little Bo Peep
22. One, Two, Three, Four, Five
23. This Little Pig
24. Three Blind Mice
25. Wee Willie Winkie
26. Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
27. There Was a Little Girl
28. Girls and Boys
29. Simple Simon
30. Rub a Dub Dub

## Transcript

Baa, baa, black sheep,

Have you any wool?

Yes sir, yes sir,

Three bags full.

One for the master,

And one for the dame,

And one for the little boy

That lives down the lane

Jack and Jill went up the hill

To fetch a pail of water.

Jack fell down and broke his crown,

And Jill came tumbling after.

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

Hey diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle,

The cow jumped over the moon.

The little dog laughed to see such fun

And the dish ran away with the spoon!

Old King Cole

Was a merry old soul,

And a merry old soul was he;

He called for his pipe,

And he called for his bowl,

And he called for his fiddlers three!

Every fiddler had a fine fiddle

And the fiddles went tweedle dee

Oh, there's none so rare as can compare

With King Cole and his fiddlers three

Then he called for his fifers two

And they puffed and they blew tootleoo

And King Cole laughed as his glass he quaffed

And his fifers puffed tootleoo

Then he called for his drummer boy

The army's pride and joy

And the thuds out rang with a loud bang, bang

On the noise of the noisiest toy

Then he called his trumpeters four

Who stood at his old palace door

And they played trang-a-tang whilst the drummer went bang

And King Cole he called for more

King Cole called for a man to conduct

Who into his bed have been tucked

And he had to get up without bite or sup

And waggled his stick to conduct

Old King Cole he laughed with glee

Such rare antiques to see

There never was a man in merry England

Who's half as merry as he

Mary had a little lamb,

Its fleece was white as snow;

And everywhere that Mary went

The lamb was sure to go.

It followed her to school one day

That was against the rule;

It made the children laugh and play,

To see a lamb at school.

And so the teacher turned it out,

But still it lingered near;

And waited patiently about

Till Mary did appear

"Why does the lamb love Mary so?"

The eager children cry;

"Why, Mary loves the lamb, you know,"

The teacher did reply.

Polly put the kettle on,

Polly put the kettle on,

Polly put the kettle on,

We'll all have tea.

Sukey take it off again,

Sukey take it off again,

Sukey take it off again,

They've all gone away.

Little Boy Blue come blow your horn,

The sheep’s in the meadow the cow’s in the corn.

Where is the boy that looks after the sheep?

He’s under a haystack fast asleep.

Will you wake him? No, not I – for if I do, he’s sure to cry.

Ding, dong, bell,

Pussy’s in the well.

Who put her in?

Little Johnny Green.

Who pulled her out?

Little Tommy Stout.

What a naughty boy was that,

To try and drown poor pussy cat,

Who ne’er did any harm,

But killed all the mice in the farmer's barn

Little Miss Muffet sat on her tuffet, eating her curds and whey

There came a big spider who sat down beside her

And frightened Miss Muffet away

Goosey, goosey gander

Whither shall I wander?

Upstairs and downstairs

And in my lady's chamber

There I met an old man

Who would not say his prayers

I took him by the left leg

And threw him down the stairs

Sing a song of sixpence,

A pocket full of rye.

Four and twenty blackbirds

Baked in a pie.

When the pie was opened

The birds began to sing;

Wasn't that a dainty dish

To set before the king?

The king was in the counting house,

Counting out his money;

The queen was in the parlour,

Eating bread and honey.

The maid was in the garden,

Hanging out the clothes,

When down came a blackbird

And pecked off her nose.

Ring-a-ring o' roses,

A pocket full of posies,

A-tishoo! A-tishoo!

We all fall down

Hickory, dickory, dock,

A mouse ran up the clock.

The clock struck one,

The mouse ran down,

Hickory, dickory, dock

The North wind doth blow,

And we shall have snow,

And what will poor robin do then, poor thing?

He'll sit in a barn,

And keep himself warm,

And hide his head under his wing, poor thing.

Little Jack Horner

Sat in the corner,

Eating a Christmas pie;

He put in his thumb,

And pulled out a plum,

And said ‘What a good boy am I.

The Queen of Hearts

She made some tarts,

All on a summer's day;

The Knave of Hearts

He stole those tarts,

And took them right away.

Mary, Mary, quite contrary

How does your garden grow?

With silver bells and cockle shells

And pretty maids all in a row

Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man.

Bake me a cake as fast as you can,

Pat it and prick it and mark it with B,

Put it in the oven for baby and me.

Georgie Porgie, pudding and pie,

Kissed the girls and made them cry,

When the boys came out to play

Georgie Porgie ran away

Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep

And doesn't know where to find them.

Leave them alone and they’ll come home,

Bringing their tails behind them.

Little Bo-Peep fell fast asleep,

And dreamt she heard them bleating;

But when she awoke, she found it a joke,

For they were still a-fleeting.

Then up she took her little crook

Determined for to find them.

She found them indeed, but it made her heart bleed,

For they'd left their tails behind them.

One, two, three, four, five,

Once I caught a fish alive.

Six, seven, eight, nine, ten,

Then I let it go again.

Why did you let it go?

Because it bit my finger so.

Which finger did it bite?

This little finger on the right.

This little pig went to market,

This little pig stayed at home,

This little pig had roast beef,

And this little pig had none.

And this little pig went...

"Wee wee wee" all the way home...

Three blind mice, three blind mice,

See how they run, see how they run,

They all ran after the farmer's wife,

Who cut off their tails with a carving knife,

Did you ever see such a thing in your life,

As three blind mice?

Wee Willie Winkie runs through the town,

Upstairs and downstairs in his nightgown,

Rapping at the window, crying at the lock,

Are all the children in their beds, it’s past eight o’clock?

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

There was a little girl

And she had a little curl

Right in the middle of her forehead.

When she was good,

She was very very good

But when she was bad

She was horrid.

She stood on her head

On her truckle bed

With nobody by for to hinder

She screamed and she squalled

She yelled and she bawled

And drummed her heels

Against the window

Girls and boys come out to play,

The moon doth shine as bright as day,

Come with a whistle, come with a call,

Come with good will or don't come at all.

Simple Simon met a pieman,

Going to the fair;

Says Simple Simon to the pieman,

“Let me taste your ware.”

Says the pieman to Simple Simon,

“Show me first your penny,”

Says Simple Simon to the pieman,

“Indeed, I have not any.”

Simple Simon went a-fishing

For to catch a whale;

All the water he had got

Was in his mother’s pail!

Simple Simon went a-hunting

For to catch a hare

He rode a goat about the streets

But couldn't find one there

He went to try if cherries ripe

Did grew upon a thistle;

He pricked his finger very much,

Which made poor Simon whistle.

He went for water in a sieve,

But soon it ran all through;

And now poor Simple Simon

Bids you all adieu.

Rub-a-dub-dub

Three men in a tub,

And who do you think they be?

The butcher, the baker,

The candlestick maker,

Turn them out, knaves all three.

## Opening (Original 1991 release)

1. Tempo Video Warning Screen (1987-2002)
2. Abbey Home Entertainment/Tempo Video Ident (1990-2000, 2003)
3. The Tempo Pre-School video titles advert from 1991 with Anytime Tales, A Golden Treasury of Nursery Rhymes, Mr Men and Little Miss, Junglies, Spot, Postman Pat, Paddington Bear, Bump, Tales of Aesop and Tell Me a Story. [announced by Enn Reitel]
4. Start of A Golden Treasury of Nursery Rhymes (1991) (Early)

## Closing (Original 1991 release)

1. End of A Golden Treasury of Nursery Rhymes (1991) (Early)
2. A Golden Treasury of Nursery Rhymes closing credits (Early Version)
3. Abbey Broadcast Communications Ident (Long Version)

## Opening (1992 Re-release)

1. Tempo Video Warning Screen (1987-2002)
2. AHE Abbey Home Entertainment/Tempo Video Ident
3. The Tempo Pre-School video titles advert from 1991 with Anytime Tales, A Golden Treasury of Nursery Rhymes, Mr Men and Little Miss, Junglies, Spot, Postman Pat, Paddington Bear, Bump, Tales of Aesop and Tell Me a Story. [announced by Enn Reitel]
4. Start of A Golden Treasury of Nursery Rhymes (1991) (Late)

## Closing (1992 Re-release)

1. End of A Golden Treasury of Nursery Rhymes (1991) (Late)
2. A Golden Treasury of Nursery Rhymes closing credits (Late Version)
3. Abbey Broadcast Communications Ident (Long Version)

## Opening (1997 Re-release) (with no trailer)

1. Tempo Video Warning Screen (1987-2002)
2. AHE Abbey Home Entertainment/Tempo Video Ident
3. Start of A Golden Treasury of Nursery Rhymes (1991) (Late)

## Closing (1997 Re-release) (with no trailer)

1. End of A Golden Treasury of Nursery Rhymes (1991) (Late)
2. A Golden Treasury of Nursery Rhymes closing credits (Late Version)
3. Abbey Broadcast Communications Ident (Long Version)

## Opening (2000 Re-release) (with no trailer)

1. PolyGram Warning Screen (1997-2002) (Short Version)
2. Tempo Pre-School Ident (1996-2010)
3. Start of A Golden Treasury of Nursery Rhymes (1991) (Late)

## Closing (2000 Re-release) (with no trailer)

1. End of A Golden Treasury of Nursery Rhymes (1991) (Late)
2. A Golden Treasury of Nursery Rhymes closing credits (Late Version)
3. Abbey Broadcast Communications Ident (Long Version)

## Trailers and info

### Original 1991 release

* The Tempo Pre-School video titles advert from 1991 with Anytime Tales, The Golden Treasury of Nursery Rhymes, Mr Men and Little Miss, Junglies, Spot, Postman Pat, Paddington Bear, Bump, Tales of Aesop and Tell Me a Story.

### 1992 Re-release

* The Tempo Pre-School video titles advert from 1991 with Anytime Tales, The Golden Treasury of Nursery Rhymes, Mr Men and Little Miss, Junglies, Spot, Postman Pat, Paddington Bear, Bump, Tales of Aesop and Tell Me a Story.

## Trivia

Some versions of this VHS tape were released with an advert of Cadbury's Buttons starring the Three Little Pigs and the Wolf.