List of nursery rhymes

The term "nursery rhyme" emerged in the third decade of the nineteenth century although this type of children's literature previously existed with different names such as "Tommy Thumb Songs" and "Mother Goose Songs". The first known book containing a collection of these texts was "Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book", which was written by H. Cooper and was published in 1744. The works of several scholars and collectors helped document and preserve these oral traditions as well as their histories. These include Iona and Peter Opie, Joseph Ritson, James Orchard Halliwell, and Sir Walter Scott.
English nursery rhymes.
The following is a list of nursery rhymes.