Humpty Dumpty


Humpty Dumpty.

                Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall;



                Humpty Dumpty had a great fall;







                All the King's horses and all the King's men
                Couldn't put Humpty Dumpty together again.

Leonard Brooke

Leonard Leslie Brooke was a British artist and writer, born on September 24, 1862. He is best known for his illustrations for children's books, including classic nursery rhymes and fairy tales such as 'Johnny Crow's Garden' and 'The Golden Goose Book.' His work brought a distinctive elegance and charm to the illustration of children's literature. In addition to his writing, his illustrations have been featured in works by other authors as well. He passed away on May 2, 1940.

Leonard Brooke

To Market, To Market

Leonard Brooke, Simple Poetry

Cock-A-Doodle-Doo

Leonard Brooke, Simple Poetry

Goosey, Goosey Gander

Leonard Brooke, Simple Poetry

The Lion And The Unicorn

Leonard Brooke, Simple Poetry

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Nursery Rhyme. CCXVI. Riddles.

        [An Egg.]

    Humpty dumpty sate on a wall,
    Humpty dumpty had a great fall;
    Three score men and three score more
    Cannot place Humpty Dumpty as he was before.

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Nursery Rhyme. CXCIV. Riddles.

        [An egg.]

    Humpty Dumpty lay in a beck,[*]
    With all his sinews round his neck;
    Forty doctors and forty wrights
    Couldn't put Humpty Dumpty to rights!

        [Footnote *: A brook.]

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Goosey, Goosey Gander




Goosey, Goosey Gander.


                Goosey, Goosey Gander,
                Where shall I wander?



                Upstairs, downstairs,
                And in my lady's chamber.



                There I met an old man
                    That would not say his prayers:
                I took him by the left leg,
                    And threw him downstairs.

Leonard Brooke

The Lion And The Unicorn


The Lion And The Unicorn.


                The Lion and the Unicorn
                    Were fighting for the Crown;
                The Lion beat the Unicorn
                    All round about the town.





                Some gave them white bread,
                    And some gave them brown;
                Some gave them plum-cake,
                    And sent them out of town.

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Good King Arthur



Good King Arthur.


When good king Arthur ruled this land,
He was a goodly king;
He stole three pecks of barley-meal,
To make a bag-pudding.

A bag-pudding the king did make,
And stuffed it well with plums:
And in it put great lumps of fat,
As big as my two thumbs.










The king and queen did eat thereof,
And noblemen beside;
And what they could not eat that night,
The queen next morning fried.

Leonard Brooke

There Was A Little Man



There was a little man,
And he had a little gun,
And his bullets were made of lead, lead, lead;
He went to the brook
And saw a little duck,
And he shot it right through the head, head, head.





He carried it home
To his old wife Joan,
And bid her a fire for to make, make, make;
To roast the little duck
He had shot in the brook,
And he'd go and fetch her the drake, drake, drake.

Leonard Brooke