Nursery rhymes beginning with w

Water
What makes you laugh
When I was a bachelor
Whenever I go out to walk
Where are you going

Well
Whats the use
When Im as rich as uncle claus
Where go the boats
Whistle

Water

There's water in the rain barrel
And water in the well
There's lots of water in the pond
Where Hannah Hawkins fell

There's water in the ocean
And water in the skies
And when a fellow blubbers
He gets water in his eyes

But in the Barca desert
Where the hippodoodles play
The water in the rivers
Just dries up and blows away

Well

There was an Old Man who said, Well !
Will nobody answer this bell?
I have pulled day and night, till my hair has grown white
But nobody answers this bell !

What Makes You Laugh

"What makes you laugh, my little lass,
From morning until noon?"
"I saw a dappled donkey
Throwing kisses at the moon."

"What makes you cry, my little lass,
And get your eyes so red?"
"I saw a cruel gardener cut
A poor old cabbage head."

"What makes you run, my little lass?
You're almost out of breath."
"A pumpkin made a face at me,
And scared me half to death."

Whats The Use

"What's the use,"
Said the goose,
"To swim like a frog,
When you go just as far
If you float on a log?"

"Why should I,"
Said the fly,
"Suck an old apple-core,
When there's sugar and fruit
In the grocery store?"

"It's but right,"
Said the kite,
"That I follow the wind.
What's a fellow to do
If he hasn't a mind?"

"You'll allow,"
Said the cow,
"That I'm really no thief,
When I turn all the clover
I steal, into beef."

"Come again,"
Said the hen,
"On some other fine day.
Don't think 'cause I cackle
I always must lay."

When I Was A Bachelor

When I was a bachelor
I lived by myself
And all the bread and cheese I got
I laid up on the shelf

The rats and the mice
They made such a strife
I was forced to go to London
To buy me a wife

The streets were so bad
And the lanes were so narrow
I was forced to bring my wife home
In a wheelbarrow

The wheelbarrow broke
And my wife had a fall
Down came wheelbarrow
Little wife and all

When Im As Rich As Uncle

Claus

When I'm as rich as Uncle Claus
With whiskers on my chin
I'm going to have a great big house
To put my people in

I'll never let them wander out
Or ride with me to town
They'll come a-running when I shout
And tremble when I frown

I'll have some men in soldier tents
A pirate and his mate
And wildcats all around the fence
And mad dogs on the gate

Whenever I Go Out To Walk

Whenever I go out to walk
All the geese begin to gawk
And when I start to wander back
All the ducks begin to quack

Where Go The Boats

Dark brown is the river
Golden is the sand
It flows along for ever
With trees on either hand

Green leaves a-floating
Castles of the foam
Boats of mine a-boating
Where will all come home ?

On goes the river
And out past the mill
Away down the valley
Away down the hill

Away down the river
A hundred miles or more
Other little children
Shall bring my boats ashore

Where Are You Going

Where are you going, sister Kate ?
I'm going to swing on the garden gate
And watch the fairy gypsies dance
Their tim-tam-tum on the cabbage-plants
The great big one with the purple nose
And the tiny tad with the pinky toes.

Where are you going, brother Ben ?
I'm going to build a tiger-pen
I'll get iron and steel and 'lectric wire
And build it a hundred feet, or higher
And put ten tigers in it too
And a big wildcat, and-mebbe-you

Where are you going, mother mine ?
I'm going to sit by the old grapevine
And watch the gliding swallow bring
Clay for her nest from the meadow spring
Clay and straw and a bit of thread
To weave it into a baby's bed

Where are you going, grandma dear ?
I'm going, love, where the skies are clear
And the light winds lift the poppy flowers
And gather clouds for the summer showers
Where the old folks and the children play
On the warm hillside through the livelong day

Whistle

"Whistle, daughter, whistle,
Whistle, daughter dear"
"I cannot whistle, mammy,
I cannot whistle clear"
"Whistle, daughter, whistle,
Whistle for a pound"
"I cannot whistle, mammy,
I cannot make a sound"