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Trending nursery rhymes

From fingerplays to French bridges, these are the rhyme pages readers can't stop opening this week.

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I Have Two Hands

Hand-clapping chant that teaches clean hands.

Philippines • Early 20th century

Two Little Dickie Birds

Fingerplay birds Peter and Paul take flight.

Britain • 1765

Daisy Bell or Daisy Daisy

The bicycle-built-for-two singalong classic.

England • 1892

Ding Dong Bell

A cat-in-the-well cautionary verse.

England • 1580

Teddy Bear's Picnic

Woodland adventure with stuffed friends.

USA • 1907

Five Little Monkeys

Countdown of bouncy bedtime troublemakers.

USA • 1871

Billy Boy

Call-and-response courting ballad.

England • 1912

Foxy's Hole

Irish playground chase with a sly fox.

England • 16th century

Hickory Dickory Dock

Clock-climbing mouse and ticking rhyme.

England • 1744

Humpty Dumpty

The wall-top fall no king could fix.

England • 1797

Sur le Pont d'Avignon

French circle dance on the Avignon bridge.

France • 15th century

Five Little Ducks

Quacking subtraction song for early counters.

USA • 1921

Frere Jacques

Round about a sleepy monk and morning bells.

France • 1780

Frog Went A-Courting

Folk tale wedding between frog and mouse.

England • 1611

If Wishes Were Horses, Beggars Would Ride

Proverbial reminder about effort over wishing.

Britain • 1605

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