Bessy Bell and Mary Gray,<br>
They were two bonny lasses;<br>
They built their house upon the lea,<br>
And covered it with rashes.<br>
Bessy kept the garden gate,<br>
And Mary kept the pantry;<br>
Bessy always had to wait,<br>
While Mary lived in plenty.<br><br>
Where will you go: <b>[[the house]]</b>, <b>[[the garden gate]]</b> or <b>[[the pantry]]</b>?
The garden gate is the EXIT.<br>
Yes, you have escaped the Nursery Rhyme Maze. <br>
Congratulations!Robin and Richard were two pretty men;<br>
They laid in bed till the clock struck ten;<br>
Then up starts Robin and looks at the sky,<br>
Oh! brother Richard, the sun's very high:<br>
The bull's in the barn threshing the corn,<br>
The cock's on the dunghill blowing his horn,<br>
The cat's at the fire frying of fish,<br>
The dog's in the pantry breaking his dish.<br><br>
Your choice: <b>[[the cat|mouse]]</b> or <b>[[the dog]]</b>?"Hie, hie," says Anthony,<br>
"Puss in the pantry,<br>
Gnawing, gnawing<br>
A mutton mutton-bone;<br>
See now she tumbles it,<br>
See now she mumbles it,<br>
See how she tosses<br>
The mutton mutton-bone."<br><br>
Which do you like better: <b>[[puss]]</b> or <b>[[the pantry]]</b>?Mary had a pretty bird,<br>
Feathers bright and yellow,<br>
Slender legs--upon my word<br>
He was a pretty fellow!<br>
The sweetest note he always sung,<br>
Which much delighted Mary.<br>
She often, where the cage was hung,<br>
Sat hearing her canary. <br><br>
Which do you choose: <b>[[Mary]]</b> or <b>[[the canary]]</b>?The canary likes it here in the Nursery Rhyme Maze, so you're stuck. The canary is not going to help you escape.<br>
<br><b>[[Start over|The Lion and the Unicorn]]</b>.
Daffy-Down-Dilly <br>
has come up to town.<br>
In a yellow petticoat <br>
and a green gown.<br><br>
Do you like <b>[[yellow]]</b> or <b>[[green]]</b>?In the month of February,<br>
When green leaves begin to spring,<br>
Little lambs do skip like fairies,<br>
Birds do couple, build, and sing.<br><br>
What next: skip like <b>[[a lamb]]</b> or sing like <b>[[a bird|the sea]]</b>?
The lion and the unicorn were fighting for the crown;<br>
The lion beat the unicorn all round about the town.<br>
Some gave them white bread, and some gave them brown; <br>
Some gave them plum-cake, and sent them out of town.<br><br>
Will you take <b>[[the crown]]</b> or <b>[[the town]]</b>?<br>
Hungry? Maybe you want <b>[[bread]]</b> or <b>[[cake]]</b>?Eggs, butter, bread,<br>
Stick, stock, stone dead!<br>
Stick him up, stick him down,<br>
Stick him in the old man's crown!<br><br>
Which do you choose: <b>[[eggs]]</b>, <b>[[butter]]</b>, or <b>[[bread]]</b>?If all the world was apple-pie,<br>
And all the sea was ink,<br>
And all the trees were bread and cheese,<br>
What should we have for drink?<br><br>
Do you want to travel <b>[[the world]]</b> or sail <b>[[the sea]]</b>?
Come, butter, come,<br>
Come, butter, come!<br>
Peter stands at the gate,<br>
Waiting for a butter'd cake;<br>
Come, butter, come!<br><br>
What next: take the <b>[[butter]]</b> or try the <b>[[gate|the garden gate]]</b>?
There was a crooked man, and he went a crooked mile,<br>
He found a crooked sixpence against a crooked stile;<br>
He bought a crooked cat, which caught a crooked mouse,<br>
And they all lived together in a little crooked house.<br><br>
What now: <b>[[cat|the pantry]]</b> or <b>[[mouse]]</b>?Donkey, donkey, old and gray,<br>
Ope your mouth and gently bray;<br>
Lift your ears and blow your horn,<br>
To wake the world this sleepy morn.<br><br>
Which will it be: <b>[[the donkey]]</b> or <b>[[the horn|the cow]]</b>?I had a little nut-tree, nothing would it bear<br>
But a silver nutmeg and a golden pear;<br>
The King of Spain's daughter came to visit me,<br>
And all was because of my little nut-tree.<br>
I skipp'd over water, I danced over sea,<br>
And all the birds in the air couldn't catch me.<br><br>
Do you want <b>[[the tree]]</b> or <b>[[the nuts|milk]]</b>?
Elizabeth, Elspeth, Betsy, and Bess,<br>
They all went together to seek a bird's nest.<br>
They found a bird's nest with five eggs in,<br>
They all took one, and left four in.<br><br>
What now: <b>[[Bess|Mary]]</b> or <b>[[the bird|yellow]]</b>?Little Tom Tucker<br>
Sings for his supper;<br>
What shall he eat?<br>
White bread and butter.<br>
How shall he cut it,<br>
Without e'er a knife?<br>
How will he be married<br>
Without e'er a wife?<br><br>
What do you want: <b>[[a knife]]</b> or <b>[[a wife]]</b>?Three blind mice, see how they run!<br>
They all ran after the farmer's wife,<br>
Who cut off their tails with the carving-knife;<br>
Did you ever see such fools in your life?<br>
Three blind mice.<br><br>
What will it be: <b>[[a mouse|mouse]]</b> or <b>[[a wife]]</b>?Did you see my wife, did you see, did you see,<br>
Did you see my wife looking for me?<br>
She wears a straw bonnet, with white ribbands on it,<br>
And dimity petticoats over her knee.<br><br>
Which will it be: <b>[[the bonnet]]</b> or <b>[[the petticoats|the town]]</b>?Hush-a-bye, baby, on the tree top;<br>
When the wind blows, the cradle will rock;<br>
When the bough bends, the cradle will fall;<br>
Down will come baby, bough, cradle, and all.<br><br>
Which do you choose: <b>[[baby]]</b>, <b>[[bough]]</b>, or <b>[[cradle]]</b>?
To market, to market, to buy a plum-cake;<br>
Back again, back again, baby is late;<br>
To market, to market, to buy a plum-bun,<br>
Back again, back again, market is done.<br><br>
What will you have: a <b>[[cake]]</b> or a <b>[[bun]]</b>?I guess you were not paying attention: the bough BROKE.<br>
This is not the way out of the maze.<br>
<br><b>[[Start over|The Lion and the Unicorn]]</b>.Rock-a-bye, baby, thy cradle is green;<br>
Father's a nobleman, mother's a queen;<br>
And Betty's a lady, and wears a gold ring;<br>
And Johnny's a drummer, and drums for the king.<br><br>
What will you choose: <b>[[green]]</b> or <b>[[gold]]</b>?<br>
Or maybe <b>[[queen|mouse]]</b> or <b>[[king|the sea]]</b>?
Clap hands, clap hands,<br>
Hie Tommy Randy,<br>
Did you see my good man?<br>
They call him Cock-a-bandy.<br>
Silken Stockings on his legs,<br>
Silver buckles glancin',<br>
A sky-blue bonnet on his head,<br>
And oh, but he is handsome.<br><br>
What now: <b>[[hands]]</b> or <b>[[legs|yellow]]</b>?Bat, bat (clap hands),<br>
Come under my hat,<br>
And I'll give you a slice of bacon;<br>
And when I bake,<br>
I'll give you a cake,<br>
If I am not mistaken.<br><br>
Which will you take: <b>[[bacon]]</b> or <b>[[cake]]</b>?Eat your bacon because you need to be well-nourished in order to ... <b>[[start over|The Lion and the Unicorn]]</b>. Maybe you will escape the maze next time!
"Pussy-cat, pussy-cat,<br>
Where have you been?"<br>
"I've been to London<br>
To look at the Queen."<br>
"Pussy-cat, pussy-cat,<br>
What did you there?"<br>
"I frightened a little mouse<br>
Under the chair."<br><br>
Where will you go: to <b>[[London]]</b> or under <b>[[the chair]]</b>?
See-saw sacradown,<br>
Which is the way to London town?<br>
One foot up and the other down,<br>
And that is the way to London town.<br><br>
Which way: <b>[[up|the town]]</b> or <b>[[down|the tree]]</b>?You're not going to find your way out of the maze there under the chair.<br><br><b>[[Start over|The Lion and the Unicorn]]</b>.On Saturday night<br>
Shall be all my care<br>
To powder my locks<br>
And curl my hair.<br>
On Sunday morning<br>
My love will come in.<br>
When he will marry me<br>
With a gold ring.<br><br>
Which will it be: <b>[[Saturday]]</b> or <b>[[Sunday]]</b>?
Dear, dear! what can the matter be?<br>
Two old women got up in an apple-tree;<br>
One came down, and the other stayed till Saturday.<br><br>
Now you must choose: <b>[[two women|Mary]]</b> or <b>[[the tree]]</b>.
As Tommy Snooks and Bessy Brooks<br>
Were walking out one Sunday,<br>
Says Tommy Snooks to Bessy Brooks,<br>
"Wilt marry me on Monday?"<br><br>
Who do you choose: <b>[[Tommy|the bonnet]]</b> or <b>[[Bessy|Mary]]</b>?Pussicat, wussicat, with a white foot,<br>
When is your wedding? for I'll come to 't.<br>
The beer's to brew, the bread's to bake,<br>
Pussy-cat, pussy-cat, don't be too late.<br><br>
Which do you want: <b>[[beer]]</b> or <b>[[bread]]</b>?Enjoy your beer... because you're definitely stuck here in the maze. This may be your last alcoholic beverage for a while!<br>
<br><b>[[Start over|The Lion and the Unicorn]]</b>.Dance to your daddy,<br>
My little babby;<br>
Dance to your daddy,<br>
My little lamb.<br>
You shall have a fishy,<br>
In a little dishy;<br>
You shall have a fishy<br>
When the boat comes in.<br><br>
So, will it be <b>[[fish|the pantry]]</b> or <b>[[dish]]</b>, or maybe <b>[[the boat]]</b>?Hey! diddle, diddle,<br>
The cat and the fiddle,<br>
The cow jumped over the moon;<br>
The little dog laugh'd<br>
To see the sport,<br>
While the dish ran after the spoon.<br><br>
Choose: <b>[[the cat|puss]]</b>, <b>[[the cow]]</b>, or <b>[[the dog|dog]]</b>?Nope, there is no way to sail out of the maze. The boat does not do you any good.<br>
<br><b>[[Start over|The Lion and the Unicorn]]</b>.Hark, hark! the dogs do bark!<br>
Beggars are coming to town:<br>
Some in jags, and some in rags,<br>
And some in velvet gown.<br><br>
Which will it be: <b>[[town|the town]]</b> or <b>[[gown]]</b>?Cushy cow, bonny, let down thy milk,<br>
And I will give thee a gown of silk;<br>
A gown of silk and a silver tee,<br>
If thou wilt let down thy milk to me.<br><br>
Now what: <b>[[the cow]]</b> or <b>[[milk]]</b>?WALNUT:<br>
As soft as silk, as white as milk,<br>
As bitter as gall, a thick wall,<br>
And a green coat covers me all.<br><br>
And now, choose a color: <b>[[white|butter]]</b> or <b>[[green]]</b>.Little Boy Blue, come, blow your horn!<br>
The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn.<br>
Where's the little boy that looks after the sheep?<br>
Under the haystack, fast asleep!<br><br>
What now: <b>[[the sheep]]</b> or <b>[[the little boy]]</b>?Baa, baa, black sheep,<br>
Have you any wool?<br>
Yes, marry, have I,<br>
Three bags full;<br>
One for my master,<br>
One for my dame,<br>
But none for the little boy<br>
Who cries in the lane.<br><br>
Who do you think can help you: <b>[[the master|the pantry]]</b> (his name is Robin), <b>[[the dame|Mary]]</b> (her name is Bessy), or <b>[[the little boy]]</b> (name unknown)?The little boy is clueless; he has no idea how to get out of the maze. He's been stuck here a long time.<br>
<br><b>[[Start over|The Lion and the Unicorn]]</b>. Maybe you will find your way out next time!
You better enjoy that plum-bun because there's no telling how long you will have to spend in the maze.<br>
Yes, this is a dead end.<br>
<br><b>[[Start over|The Lion and the Unicorn]]</b>.
Nice try, but the donkey has no idea how to get out of the maze.<br>
<br><b>[[Start over|The Lion and the Unicorn]]</b>.I had a little dog, and his name was Blue Bell,<br>
I gave him some work, and he did it very well;<br>
I sent him up stairs to pick up a pin,<br>
He stepped in the coal-scuttle up to the chin;<br>
I sent him to the garden to pick some sage,<br>
He tumbled down and fell in a rage;<br>
I sent him to the cellar to draw a pot of beer,<br>
He came up again and said there was none there.<br><br>
Where to: <b>[[garden|the garden gate]]</b> or <b>[[cellar]]</b>?You will not find the exit from the maze down there in the cellar!<br>
<br><b>[[Start over|The Lion and the Unicorn]]</b>.