I see the moon, and the moon sees me,
God bless the moon, and God bless me!

The song was performed and adapted by some notorious artists, having slightly different versions. There are also different variations of the original rhyme that were transmitted by word of mouth and were printed in different collections of rhymes.

“I See the Moon and the Moon Sees Me” Lyrics

“I See the Moon and the Moon Sees Me” Version 1

This version is derived from one recorded by Clifton Johnson in “What They Say in New England: A Book of Signs, Sayings, and Superstitions” from 1896. Today it goes like this:

I see the moon and the moon sees me,
The moon sees somebody I wanna see
God bless the moon and God bless me:
And God bless that somebody I wanna see.

“I See the Moon and the Moon Sees Me” Version 2

Printed by Joyce in “Old Irish Folk Music and Songs” 1909

I see the moon, the moon sees me,
God bless the moon and God bless me:
There’s grace in the cottage and grace in the hall;
And the grace of God is over us all.

“I See the Moon” song

by Meredith Willson

Chorus
Over the mountain, over the sea,
Back where my heart is longing to be,
Please let the light that shines on me
Shine on the one I love.

I see the moon; the moon sees me
Down through the leaves of the old oak tree.
Please let the light that shines on me
Shine on the one I love.

I hear the lark; the lark hears me,
Singing a song with a melody.
Please let the lark that sings for me
Sing for the one I love.

I kiss a rose; the rose kisses me,
Fragrant as only a rose can be.
Please let the Rose that comforts me
Comfort the one I love.

The song is better known in English as Brahms’s lullaby although there are several literary translations, performed by different artists and orchestras.

In 1993 Bing Crosby released Natalia Macfarren’s version “Brahms’s Lullaby”, while Frank Sinatra sang the Raymond Paige’s adaptation “Cradle Song” recorded in 1944. Rosemary Clooney performed “Close Your Eyes,” a version by William Engvick.

Original lyrics in German can be found in “Des Knaben Wunderhorn”, a collection of German folk poems.

“Brahms’s Lullaby” Lyrics

A George Scherer’s poem was added to the lyrics by Brahms in 1849.

“Come Let’s To Bed” Lyrics

Original Version

The first version of the song had four lines:

Come, let’s go to bed, says sleepy-head,
Let’s stay awhile, says slow,
Put on the pot, says greedy-gut,
We’ll sup before we go.

Alternative Version

“To bed! To bed!”
Says Sleepy-head;
“Tarry awhile,” says Slow;
“Put on the pan,”
Says Greedy Nan*;
“We’ll sup before we go.”

It has been covered and adapted by multiple artists across multiple genres including Regina Spektor, Nina Simone, Aretha Franklin, Dusty Springfield or Eminem. Often times, the song is known as “Mockingbird” based on the first verse of the song.

Hush, Little Baby is very versatile as the simple structure of the song permits new verses to be added with ease.

“Hush, Little Baby” Lyrics

Hush, little Baby, don’t say a word,
Mama’s gonna buy you a Mockingbird.

And if that mockingbird don’t sing,
Mama’s gonna buy you a diamond ring.

And if that diamond ring turns brass,
Mama’s gonna buy you a looking glass.

And if that looking glass gets broke,
Mama’s gonna buy you a billy goat,

And if that billy goat won’t pull,
Mama’s gonna buy you a cart and a bull.

And if that cart and bull turn over,
Mama’s gonna buy you a dog named Rover.

And if that dog named Rover won’t bark,
Mama’s gonna buy you a horse and a cart.

And if that horse and cart fall down,
You’ll still be the sweetest little baby in town.

The song and the accompanying moves proved to be very popular and the song made its way to households in the UK and Canada soon after.

The accompanying motions to I’m a Little Teapot will be described in the lyrics below:

“I’m a Little Teapot”Lyrics

I’m a little teapot
Short and stout
Here is my handle
(one hand on hip)
Here is my spout
(other arm out straight)

When I get all steamed up
Hear me shout
“Tip me over
and pour me out!”
(lean over toward spout)

I’m a clever teapot,
Yes it’s true
Here let me show you
What I can do
I can change my handle
And my spout
(switch arm positions)
Just tip me over and pour me out!
(lean over toward spout)

“Splash Splash” Lyrics

I love to have a bath!
When I Splash I Laugh – Ha ha!
I love to have a bath!
Splash Splash

When Mummy shout’s “It’s Bathtime!”
I get excited and I just can’t hide it.
Bathtime is my funtime!
I can sail away to an unknown island.

I’m the pirate of my ship.
With my crew of rubber ducks!
Bathtime is my funtime!
Splash Splash Splash.
Splash Splash

I love to have a bath!
When I Splash I Laugh – Ha ha!
I love to have a bath!
Splash Splash

Getting clean is so much fun.
I love to watch the water run.
With Bubbles flying everywhere!
On my chin and in my hair.

Splash Splash Splash
Woah! I love it
Splash Splash Splash
Yeahhhhhh

Being in the bath is so much fun!
Are you ready?
Grab the sponge…
It’s time to get clean…

I love to wash my feet
wash my feet, wash my feet
I love to wash my feet
I love to wash my feet.

I love to wash my legs
wash my legs, wash my legs
I love to wash my legs
I love to wash my legs

I love to wash my arms
wash my arms, wash my arms
I love to wash my arms
I love to wash my arms
Splash Splash

I love to have a bath!
When I Splash I Laugh – Ha ha!
I love to have a bath!
Splash Splash

The time has come to wash my hair
Shampoo bubbles everywhere!
It smell’s so sweet – i’m nearly done
Bathtime has been so much fun.

I pull the plug and give a cheer
I watch the water disappear
It feels so good to be so clean.
What a fun time it has been.

“Splash Splash” Video

The song is very easy to remember and it is also very versatile as body parts can be changed or added anytime during the song.

“One Little Finger” Lyrics

One little finger, one little finger, two little fingers.
Tap tap tap.
Point to the ceiling.
Point to the floor.
Put it on your head. Head!

One little finger, one little finger, two little fingers.
Tap tap tap.
Point to the ceiling.
Point to the floor.
Put it on your chest. Chest!

One little finger, one little finger, two little fingers.
Tap tap tap.
Point to the ceiling.
Point to the floor.
Put it on your arm. Arm!

One little finger, one little finger, two little fingers.
Tap tap tap.
Point to the ceiling.
Point to the floor.
Put it on your tummy. Tummy!

One little finger, one little finger, two little fingers.
Tap tap tap.
Point to the ceiling.
Point to the floor.
Put it on your leg. Leg!

One little finger, one little finger, two little fingers.
Tap tap tap.
Point to the ceiling.
Point to the floor.
Put it on your foot. Foot!

One little finger, one little finger, two little fingers.
Tap tap tap.
Point to the ceiling.
Point to the floor.
now lets say goodbye. Byeeee

“One Little Finger” Video

It has been covered extensively during the years by artists such as Dinah Shore in 1949 or Laura Wright in 2011 but its popularity today can be most likely attributed to the song being featured in the 2015 Disney movie “Cinderella”.

The rhyme shares the same tune with Diddle Diddle.

“Lavender’s Blue” Lyrics

Lavender’s blue, dilly dilly, lavender’s green,
When I am king, dilly dilly, you shall be queen:
Who told you so, dilly dilly, who told you so?
‘Twas mine own heart, dilly dilly, that told me so.
Call up your men, dilly dilly, set them to work,
Some with a rake, dilly dilly, some with a fork;
Some to make hay, dilly dilly, some to thresh corn,
Whilst you and I, dilly dilly, keep ourselves warm.
If you should die, dilly dilly, as it may hap,
You shall be buried, dilly dilly, under the tap;
Who told you so, dilly dilly, pray tell me why?
That you might drink, dilly dilly, when you are dry.

“Lavender’s Blue” Original Version

Lavender’s blue, dilly, dilly, lavender’s green,
When I am king, dilly, dilly, you shall be my queen;
Call up your men, dilly, dilly, set them to work,
Some to the plough, dilly, dilly, some to the cart;
Some to make hay dilly, dilly, some the thresh corn;
Whilst you and I, dilly, dilly, keep ourselves warm.

It was very popular in the 19th century when there was another verse preceding this one which went:

“The cock crows in the morning
To tell us to rise,
And he that lies late
Will never be wise.”

James Thurber, the American writer and cartoonist, wrote a funny parody of it as follows:

“Early to rise and early to bed,
makes a male healthy, wealthy and dead!”

The modern version is short in it goes like this:

“Early to Bed” Lyrics

Early to bed and early to rise
Makes a man, healthy, wealthy and wise.

The lyrics of this beautiful song tell the bedtime story of three little sailors in a shoe-boat made of wood and their adventures fishing stars, meant to send any baby to sleep.

“Wynken, Blynken, and Nod” Lyrics

Wynken, Blynken, and Nod one night
Sailed off in a wooden shoe —
Sailed on a river of crystal light,
Into a sea of dew.
“Where are you going, and what do you wish?”
The old moon asked the three.
“We have come to fish for the herring fish
That live in this beautiful sea;
Nets of silver and gold have we!”
Said Wynken, Blynken, and Nod.

The old moon laughed and sang a song,
As they rocked in the wooden shoe,
And the wind that sped them all night long
Ruffled the waves of dew.
The little stars were the herring fish
That lived in that beautiful sea —
“Now cast your nets wherever you wish —
Never afeard are we”;
So cried the stars to the fishermen three:
Wynken, Blynken, and Nod.

All night long their nets they threw
To the stars in the twinkling foam —
Then down from the skies came the wooden shoe,
Bringing the fishermen home;
‘Twas all so pretty a sail it seemed
As if it could not be,
And some folks thought ’twas a dream they’d dreamed
Of sailing that beautiful sea —
But I shall name you the fishermen three:
Wynken, Blynken, and Nod.

Wynken and Blynken are two little eyes,
And Nod is a little head,
And the wooden shoe that sailed the skies
Is a wee one’s trundle-bed.
So shut your eyes while mother sings
Of wonderful sights that be,
And you shall see the beautiful things
As you rock in the misty sea,
Where the old shoe rocked the fishermen three:
Wynken, Blynken, and Nod.

The lyrics were published for the first time in the Scottish poetry and song anthology ” Whistle-binkie” in 1841. An English version only appeared in 1844.

The “Wee Willie Winkie” has become a popular character among children, being often associated with the bedtime moment, even in classical literature.

“Wee Willie Winkie” Lyrics

Original Scottish Version

Wee Willie Winkie rins through the toon,
Up stairs an’ doon stairs in his nicht-gown,
Tirlin’ at the window, crying at the lock,
“Are the weans in their bed, for it’s now ten o’clock?”
“Hey, Willie Winkie, are ye comin’ ben?
The cat’s singin grey thrums to the sleepin hen,
The dog’s speldert on the floor and disna gie a cheep,
But here’s a waukrife laddie, that wunna fa’ asleep.”
Onything but sleep, you rogue, glow’ring like the moon,
Rattlin’ in an airn jug wi’ an airn spoon,
Rumblin’, tumblin’ roon about, crawin’ like a cock,
Skirlin like a kenna-what, waukenin’ sleepin’ fock.
“Hey Willie Winkie, the wean’s in a creel,
Wamblin’ aff a bodie’s knee like a verra eel,
Ruggin’ at the cat’s lug and raveling a’ her thrums-
Hey Willie Winkie – see there he comes.”
Wearit is the mither that has a stoorie wean,
A wee, stumpie, stousie, that canna rin his lane,
That has a battle aye wi’ sleep afore he’ll close an e’e-
But a kiss frae aff his rosy lips gies strength anew to me.

Enlgish Version

Wee Willie Winkie runs through the town,
Up stairs and down stairs in his night-gown,
Tapping at the window, crying at the lock,
Are the children in their bed, for it’s past ten o’clock?
Hey, Willie Winkie, are you coming in?
The cat is singing purring sounds to the sleeping hen,
The dog’s spread out on the floor, and doesn’t give a cheep,
But here’s a wakeful little boy who will not fall asleep!
Anything but sleep, you rogue! glowering like the moon,’
Rattling in an iron jug with an iron spoon,
Rumbling, tumbling round about, crowing like a cock,
Shrieking like I don’t know what, waking sleeping folk.
Hey, Willie Winkie – the child’s in a creel!
Wriggling from everyone’s knee like an eel,
Tugging at the cat’s ear, and confusing all her thrums
Hey, Willie Winkie – see, there he comes!”
Weary is the mother who has a dusty child,
A small short little child, who can’t run on his own,
Who always has a battle with sleep before he’ll close an eye
But a kiss from his rosy lips gives strength anew to me.

Together with ABC Song and Baa, Baa, Black Sheep, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star shares the same tune with the famous French song “Ah! vous dirais-je, Maman” from 1761. The lyrics of the song are based on a poem by Jane Taylor called “The Star” which appeared in 1806 in a volume published by the same author and her sister Ann Taylor “Rhymes for the Nursery”.

As one of the most beloved lullabies, it has been translated in many languages including Italian (Bella Stella), German (Funkel, funkel, kleine Stern), Spanish (Estrellita), and even Esperanto (Brilu, brilu, eta stel’).

Generally, a shorter version is sung but you can find the full lyrics below.

“Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” Lyrics

Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are.
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.

When the blazing sun is gone,
When he nothing shines upon,
Then you show your little light,
Twinkle, twinkle, all the night.

Then the traveller in the dark,
Thanks you for your tiny spark,
He could not see which way to go,
If you did not twinkle so.

In the dark blue sky you keep,
And often through my curtains peep,
For you never shut your eye,
‘Till the sun is in the sky.

As your bright and tiny spark,
Lights the traveller in the dark.
Though I know not what you are,
Twinkle, twinkle, little star.

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.
How I wonder what you are.

This very popular rhyme probably originates from the days when women working in the hop fields, would tie their babies cradles to the branches of trees to allow the wind to rock them to sleep.

Another possibility is that a Pilgrim youth, a passenger on the Mayflower, wrote the rhyme after seeing the way Native American women rocked their babies in birchbark cradles. Although this supposition makes sense, there is absolutely no written reference to support it.

It was first mentioned in written form in 1765 in Mother Goose’s Melody. Shortly after, in 1785, it was published on American soil as well.

“Rock-a-bye Baby” Lyrics

Rock-a-bye baby, on the treetops,
When the wind blows, the cradle will rock,
When the bough breaks, the cradle will fall,
And down will come baby, cradle and all.

It was first been published in “The Nursery Parnassus” or Gammer Gurton’s Garland, 1784. Later in 1805 a longer version was published in Songs for the Nursery.

Today Bye, baby Bunting is very popular lullaby and nursery poem, used especially in schools in England and USA.

Bellow are the original song lyrics and the modern version:

“Bye, Baby Bunting” Lyrics

Modern Version

Bye, baby Bunting,
Daddy’s gone a-hunting,
Gone to get a rabbit skin
To wrap the baby Bunting in

“Bye, Baby Bunting”
Original Version

Bye, baby Bunting,
Father’s gone a-hunting,
Mother’s gone a-milking,
Sister’s gone a-silking,
Brother’s gone to buy a skin
To wrap the baby Bunting in