Cock Robin
A little cock sparrow sat on a green tree,

And he chirruped and chirruped, so merry was he.

A naughty boy came with his wee bow and arrow,

Says he, I will shoot this little cock sparrow;

His body will make me a nice little stew,

And his giblets will make me a little pie too.

Oh, no, said the sparrow, I won’t make a stew,

So he clapped his wings and away he flew.
This book of nursery rhymes is for children of the computer age. The use of these word images teaches children abstract thinking and should be popular with adults as well. © Iyway Company L. L. C. Send e-mail to:iyedo@earthlink.net

The compelling music of these jingles is so ear-catching, children from eighteen months to six years and more will listen to them entranced when they are read aloud. Then, they begin to say them with the reader, and next, they are chanting them when they are alone, never missing a beat or a rhyme. The melodies of these nursery rhyme verses may begin crudely with a tumpity-tump sort of beat, but there are also some charming lyrics in Mother Goose collections, not included in this site, such as "Daffy-down-dilly," "I saw a ship a-sailing," and others.
Johanna Cormier, February 10, 1998.