1. Candle
   Day
2. Coffin
   Door

"One Two Buckle My Shoe" is a counting rhyme that goes to 20. Its purpose is to help young children learn to count to 20. It seems to have originated from the late 18th century in Massachusetts.

1. Money
   Shoes
2. Sheep
   Children

"Little Bo-Peep" is another classic. Some think it dates back to the Victorian era, while others believe it is older. "To play bo peep" originally meant, as of the 14th century, to be put in a pillory as a form of punishment.

1. Clam
   Tractor
2. Cow
   Dog

"Bingo" is a classic nursery rhyme from Scotland. No one is sure of its origins, but it's thought to be a tool to help make kids more comfortable with simple spelling.

1. Pastry
   Cake
2. Roll
   Salmon

"Pat-a-Cake" or "Patty-Cake" is a common child's nursery rhyme. It was first seen recorded in a late 17th century play called "The Campaigners."

1. Crown
   Ring
2. Purse
   Father

"Hush Little Baby" is a popular lullaby sung to babies. It is believed to have originated in the American South. It's technically called a cumulative song based on its structure.

1. Curds
   Fruit
2. Slaw
   Grits

"Little Miss Muffet" was first printed as a nursery rhyme in 1805, although, like many nursery rhymes, the origins are unknown. Curd and whey, however, are an old-fashioned way of saying cottage cheese.

1. Era
   Day
2. Thursday
   Holiday

"Rain Rain Go Away" is an English rhyme. There's at least one version from 1687 that's very similar to the modern iteration.

1. Fire pit
   Moon
2. Candlestick
   World

"Jack Be Nimble" is a nursery rhyme with a surprising origin. It is believed that it might be referred to the old time superstition which declared being able to jump over a candlestick a sign of luck.

1. Cold
   White
2. Clean
   Wet

"Mary Had a Little Lamb" actually has an American origin. It was first published by Sarah Josepha Hale in 1830 and may have been inspired by a true story.

1. Last
   Rich
2. Lovely
   Cold

"Pease Porridge Hot" is an old nursery rhyme that no one knows the origin of. This dish, which was usually made from boiled peas, salt and bacon, was also called pease pottage in Middle English.

1. Bang
   Squeal
2. Flop
   Pop

This tune and rhyme evolved from a mid-19th century English dance. Today it is one of the most well-known nursery rhymes.

1. Boy
   Mouse
2. Camel
   Flea

"Hickory Dickory Dock" dates back to "Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book." This was the very first collection of English nursery rhymes. It was published in 1744.

1. Servants
   Angels
2. Dragons
   Men

Even though it is mentioned nowhere in the rhyme that "Humpty Dumpty" is an egg, and some believe that this rhyme is actually a reference to King Richard II of England, he is often depicted as an egg.

1. Cactus
   Ocean
2. Tiger
   Ghost

"Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe" is a nursery rhyme that has been used in children's games for generations. It's thought to date back to the streets of New York City in the 19th century.

1. Doo
   Dee
2. Ga
   Ba

"Cock a Doodle Doo" was first published in its entirety in 1765, but lines from it were published as early as 1606 in England.

1. Mandrakes
   Posies
2. Poison
   Gold

This nursery rhyme comes from an older one called "Ring a Ring O Roses," which was thought to be about the bubonic plague. People used to put flowers under their nose to hide the smell of death, hence the pocket full of posies.

1. Basket
   Muffin
2. Placket
   Watch

These are the opening lines of the classic nursery rhyme, "A-Tisket, A-Tasket," which was also part of a game played by children as early as 1938. Jazz musician, Ella Fitzgerald, went on to record a song based on the nursery rhyme.

1. Green
   Mean
2. Baby
   Black

The nursery rhyme is English in origin, but can only be definitively traced back to 1731. It has been on the wrong end of a number of controversies about possible racial and racist undertones to the rhyme.

1. Tree
   Toad
2. Log
   Bottle

This is the beginning of the rhyme and camp song, "Five Little Speckled Frogs." In some variations, more and more frogs jump off the log. This American rhyme is also often sung with matching hand motions.

1. Ringing
   Clinging
2. Singing
   Mingling

"Frere Jaques" is a popular nursery rhyme around the world. It is most popular in its original French version, even though it has been translated into many languages, including the English version, "Brother John."

1. Dish
   Bread
2. Gun
   Priceless artifacts

"Hey Diddle Diddle" might date back to 16th century England. A 1569 play, "A Lamentable Tragedy Mixed Ful of Pleasant Mirth, Conteyning the Life of Cambises King of Percia," mentions the phrase "hey-diddle-diddle" while also referencing a fiddle.

1. Treat
   Penny
2. Nickel
   Farthing

"Hot Cross Buns" was originally a street cry, or way of hawking one's wares, before it was standardized as an English nursery rhyme. It was usually shouted around the end of Lent, because that's when people traditionally ate hot cross buns.

1. Carriage
   Horse
2. Knife
   Teapot

"I'm a Little Teapot" is a relatively modern American folk song. It was written in 1939 by George Harold Sanders and Clarence Z. Kelley for a children's dance school as an easy-to-perform song and dance.

1. Dog
   Man
2. Witch
   Dragon

"It's Raining, It's Pouring" has uncertain American origins. Part of it can be traced back to a rhyme published in 1912, but it wasn't recorded as a song in its modern iteration until 1939.

1. Hamster
   Carburetor
2. Grocer
   Spider

"Itsy Bitsy Spider" dates back to the early 20th century when it was called, "The Spider Song." The words "itsy, bitsy" were originally "blooming, bloody," which was not as child-friendly.

1. Dog
   Jill
2. Lenore
   Mack

"Jack and Jill" is a nursery rhyme that some suspect goes back to the early days of the English court. The names "Jack" and "Jill" were often used to reference "any man" or "any woman."

1. Sky
   Fields
2. City
   Corn

"Little Boy Blue" was first published in the 1744 nursery rhyme collection "Tommy Thumb's Little Song Book." It probably dates back farther than this, however.

1. Town
   Bridge
2. Sound
   Lake

"London Bridge is Falling Down," also known as "My Fair Lady," might date all the way back to the Late Middle Ages, although a nearly-modern iteration was in print until the middle of the 18th century.

1. Fortune
   Menagerie
2. Garden
   Hair

"Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary" is an old rhyme. It has been speculated that its roots lay with either the Scottish and English courts and their respective Marys; Mary, Queen of Scots or Mary I of England.

1. Snack
   Soda
2. Bone
   Ham

This is the beginning of the nursery rhyme "Old Mother Hubbard," which is over a dozen stanzas long. It is from the early 1800s.

1. Cat
   Wolf
2. Fish
   Wife

"One, Two, Three, Four, Five" is an old counting rhyme. It was first recorded in "Mother Goose's Melody" in 1765.

1. Meat
   Fruit
2. Cake
   Fat

There are several theories as to the origin of the "Jack Sprat" nursery rhyme. Some say it makes fun of King Charles I of England and his wife, Henrietta.

1. Tart
   Train
2. Tree
   Bush

"Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush" has a few names and variations, including "This is the Way" and "Mulberry Bush." It is often used as part of a children's' game. It was first recorded by James Orchard Halliwell.

1. Pill
   Poison
2. Koi fish
   Penny

"Lucy Locket" is a popular English nursery rhyme. It dates back to the early 19th century and references the pockets that women of the time used. Instead of pockets being sewn into their skirts, they were worn on a string around the waist, and skirts had slits in the side to access the pockets.

1. Fiddlers
   Daughters
2. Clerics
   Horses

No one is sure if the king referenced in "Old King Cole" is real or not. Some theorize it refers to the legendary Welsh King, Coel Hen.