French Nursery Rhymes





Most children love being told French Nursery Rhymes. The most popular rhymes are listed here. Even elders love to hear these rhymes. They are sweet to our ears forever. These rhymes speak volumes about the interest shown by the education department to enthuse the children to speak out.

The list is clearly not exhaustive but it is believed that a good cross section of famous poems for children have been included. We have selected the most famous French Nursery Rhymes for children. We have done our best to collect all the French Nursery Rhymes from all sources and add them here for your reference. The addition of more and more rhymes is going on everyday.

These French Nursery Rhymes for children have been passed down over the years and due to the short nature of the verse can easily be remembered by most children from a very early age. Analysis of these French Nursery Rhymes will reflect the historical background in which these French Nursery Rhymes were written.



  1. A B C...
  2. A diller, a dollar
  3. A kiss when I wake in the morning.
  4. A Rose is...
  5. Action Song
  6. After a Bath...
  7. All the little fishes...
  8. An Elephant
  9. An elephant walks like this and that.
  10. Are You Sleeping?
  11. As I was walking down the lake...
  12. Baa, Baa, Black Sheep...
  13. "Baa, Baa," says The Sheep.
  14. Birds of a feather flock together.
  15. Bits of Paper
  16. Boxing Is Not Hard At All.
  17. Bow, Wow, says the dog.
  18. Bow, Wow, Wow
  19. Butterfly, Butterfly, flutter around.
  20. Charley Barley, butter and eggs
  21. Charley, Charley...
  22. Chin-Chin China Man
  23. Chook, chook, chook, chook, chook
  24. Christmas is coming.
  25. Chubby Cheeks
  26. Cobbler, Cobbler, Mend My Shoe : 1
  27. Cobbler, cobbler, mend my shoe : 2
  28. Cock A Doodle Doo!
  29. Come, let's to bed
  30. Counting Rhyme
  31. Ding, dong, bell
  32. Doctor Foster went to Gloucester.
  33. Donkey, Donkey
  34. Down At the Bus Stop....
  35. Early To Bed and Early To Rise
  36. Eight Big Fingers
  37. Engine, Engine number nine...
  38. Evening Red...
  39. Fee, fi, fa, fum...
  40. Five Little Monkeys
  41. Five Little Soldiers
  42. Georgie Porgie, pudding and pie
  43. Girls and Boys
  44. God bless Mummy.
  45. Good Afternoon! Good Afternoon!!
  46. Good Morning
  47. Goodnight, Sleep Tight.
  48. Goosey, goosey, gander
  49. Hello! Mr. Bunny Rabbit
  50. Hey diddle, diddle
  51. Hickety, pickety, my black hen
  52. Hickory, Dickory, Dock,
  53. Home from School
  54. Hot Cross Buns
  55. Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.
  56. I am a little tea-pot.
  57. I am a Tiger...
  58. I Am Big Tree...
  59. I Am Special
  60. I clap with my hands.
  61. I do not like thee, Doctor Fell
  62. I had a little hen.
  63. I had a little nut tree
  64. I had a little pony
  65. I had a little wife.
  66. I Hear Thunder.




  67. I love little pussy.
  68. If all the world was paper...
  69. Ipsey Wipsey spider
  70. Jack and Jill...
  71. Jack be nimble
  72. Jack, Jack, Joe,
  73. Jack Sprat could eat no fat
  74. January Brings the Snow.
  75. Johny, Johny, Yes Mummy,
  76. Johny, Johny, Yes, Papa,
  77. Lady Bird Fly Away
  78. Left is The Window.
  79. Little Betty Blue
  80. Little Bo and Sheep
  81. Little Boy Blue
  82. Little Boy Sunny
  83. Little Fishes in a Brook
  84. Little Girl, Little Girl : 1
  85. Little Girl, Little Girl : 2
  86. Little Jack Horner
  87. Little Miss Muffett
  88. Little Peter Rabbit
  89. Little Polly Flinders
  90. Little Robin Redbreast sat upon a tree
  91. Little Tommy Tucker : 1
  92. Little Tommy Tucker : 2
  93. Lolly-Pop
  94. London's burning, London's burning...
  95. Lucy Locket
  96. Mary had A Little Lamb
  97. Mary, Mary quite contrary
  98. Me
  99. Monday's Child is fair of face.
  100. Mother May I go and bathe?
  101. Mr. East gave a feast.
  102. Mummy and Daddy
  103. My Jack in The Box
  104. My Mother is my God.
  105. My mother said...
  106. Numbers from 1 to 9
  107. Numbers from 10 to 20
  108. Numbers from 21 to 50
  109. O My My
  110. Oh! Butterfly! Butterfly!!
  111. Oh! Dear, what can the matter be?
  112. Oh Where, oh where has my little dog gone?
  113. Old Mother Hubbard
  114. Once I saw a little bird.
  115. One, two ...
  116. One More Joins!
  117. Oranges and Lemon
  118. Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man
  119. Peter and Paul
  120. Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater
  121. Piggie and Engine
  122. Please Porridge Hot.
  123. Poor old Robinson Crusoe!
  124. Prayer
  125. Pussy Cat Mole
  126. Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat
  127. Rain, Rain Come Soon
  128. Rain, Rain, Go Away...
  129. Red sky at night
  130. Ride a Cock-Horse to Banbury Cross
  131. Rock A Bye Baby
  132. Roses are Red.
  133. Row, row, row your boat
  134. Rub-a-dub-dub
  135. See-Saw Margery Daw
  136. Simple Simon
  137. Six little mice sat down to spin
  138. Smiling Girls, Rosy Boys...
  139. Swing High, Swing High,
  140. Taffy was a Welshman
  141. Tea Pot
  142. Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear
  143. The Farmer’s In His Den.
  144. The Lion and The Unicorn
  145. The Moon
  146. The Wheels on The Bus
  147. There was a little girl and she had a little curl
  148. There was a little man and he had a little gun.
  149. There Was An Old Woman
  150. There was an old woman called Nothing-at-all.
  151. Three Blind Mice...
  152. Tiger, Tiger, Orange and Black!
  153. To market, to market...
  154. Tom, Tom, the piper’s son
  155. Tommy kept a chandler's shop.
  156. Tommy, Trot, a man of law
  157. Tweedledum and Tweedledee
  158. Two Little Ducks
  159. Two Little Hands...
  160. Twinkle, Twinkle little star
  161. Two Little Dicky Birds
  162. Waiting
  163. Wee Willie Winkie runs through the town
  164. William and Mary
  165. Work while you work.
  166. Yankee Doodle came to town.
  167. ZERO






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