Author's note -- Introduction -- Humpty Dumpty -- Jack, be nimble -- Jack and Jill -- Jack Sprat -- Little Jack Horner and Little Tommy Tucker -- Little boy blue and Little Bo Peep -- Little Miss Muffet -- Old king Cole and the cat and the fiddle -- Old mother hubbard -- Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater -- Pussycat, pussycat, where have you been? -- Simple Simon -- Baa baa black sheep -- The end.