Gentleman Briggs - The Mother Goose Treasury




	THE MOTHER GOOSE TREASURY (1966) author: Raymond Briggs publisher: Hamish Hamilton 224 pages / 897 illustrations
___________________________________________________________________ A huge treasury of traditional nursery rhymes, many of which you know, many you only think you know, and many more you've probably never heard of. All are beautifully illustrated by Briggs in a myriad of sizes and shapes, and many are in colour... There are 408 illustrated rhymes in this volume. 'The Mother Goose Treasury' was awarded the Library Association Kate Greenaway Medal - 1966 The cover scan is from a 1987 Hamish Hamilton edition. The range and breadth of illustrative style is quite remarkable. Individual panels, figures, line work and colour washes dance across the pages, around and inbetween the rhymes. It's an award-winning approach that Briggs repeated, and indeed, developed further in The Fairy Tale Treasury (1982). Softback editions of both treasuries were later included in a new slipcased presentation called The Raymond Briggs Treasury For those who need to know, here follows a complete index of first lines and familiar titles:

A was an apple pie A was an archer, who shot at a frog All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy Anna Maria she sat on the fire Around the rick, around the rick As I walked by myself As I was going o'er London Bridge As I was going to Banbury As I was going to Derby As I was going to sell my eggs As I was going to St Ives As I was going up Pippen Hill As I was walking in a field of wheat As I went over Lincoln Bridge As I went over the water As I went to Bonner As I went up a slippery gap As I went up the apple tree As round as an apple As soft as silk, as white as milk As Tommy Snooks and Bessy Brooks At Brill on the hill Baa, baa, black sheep Baby and I Baby, baby, naughty baby Barber, barber shave a pig Bat, bat, come under my hat Bell horses, bell horses Betty Botter bought some butter Black I am and much admired Black within, and red without Blind man, blind man Blow, wind, blow! Bobby Shaftoe's gone to sea Boughs do shake and the bells do ring, The Bow-wow says the dog Bow, wow, wow Boys and girls come out to play Brave news is come to town Bring Daddy home Bye, baby bunting Cackle, cackle, Mother Goose Carrion crow sat on an oak, A Catch him, crow! Carry him, kite! Charley Barley, butter and eggs Charlie Wag Charlie Warlie had a cow Christmas comes but once a year Christmas is coming Clothed in yellow, red and green Cobbler, cobbler, mend my shoe Cock a doodle doo! Cock's on the wood pile, The Cold and raw the north wind doth blow Come, butter, come Come here to me, my merry, merry men Come let's to bed Cross-patch Cuckoo, cuckoo, cherry tree Cuckoo, cuckoo, what do you do? Curly locks, Curly locks Cushy cow, bonny, let down thy milk Daffy-down-dilly Dame Trot and her cat Dance to your Daddy Darby and .Joan were dressed in black Davy Davy Dumpling Dear, dear! What can the matter be? Deedle deedle dumpling, my son John Dickery, dickery, dare Diddle, diddle, dumpling, my son John Diller, a dollar, A Ding, dong, bell Dingty, diddletey Dis, a dis, a green grass, A Doctor Foster went to Gloucester Donkey, donkey, old and gray Dove says, Coo, coo, The Down by the river Down with the lambs Elsie Marley is grown so fine Eye winker Fair maid who, the First of May, The Farmer went trotting upon his grey mare, A Fee, fi, fo, fum Fire! Fire! said Mrs Dyer First day of Christmas, The First in a carriage Flour of England, fruit of Spain For want of a nail Four and twenty tailors Four stiff-standers Fox jumped up one winter's night, A Frog he would a-wooing go, A From Wibbleton to Wobbleton is fifteen miles Gay go up and Gay go down Georgie, Porgie, pudding and pie Ginger, Ginger broke the winder Girl in the army, A Girl in the lane, The Go to bed first Go to bed late Goes through the mud Goodnight, sweet repose Goosey, goosey gander Grandfa' Grig Great A, little a Gregory Griggs, Gregory Griggs Hannah Bantry Hark, hark Hart he loves the high wood, The He that lies at the stock He that would thrive He went to the wood and caught it Hector Protector was dressed all in green Here am I Here I am with my rabbits Here we go round the mulberry bush Here's Corporal Bull Here's Sulky Sue Here's to thee, old apple tree Hey diddle, diddle Hickety, pickety, my black hen Hickory, dickory, dock Hie to the market, Jenny come trot Higglety, pigglety, pop! Higher than a house Highty tighty, paradighty Hinx, minx, the old witch winks Hoddley, poddley, puddle and fogs Hot cross buns, hot cross buns House full, a hole full, A How many miles to Babylon? Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall Hush, little baby, don't say a word Hush-a-ba birdie, croon, croon Hush-a-bye, baby, on the tree top I am a pretty wench I do not like thee, Doctor Fell I had a dog I had a little husband I had a little moppett I had a little nag I had a little nut tree I had a little pony I had two pigeons bright and gay I have a little sister, they call her Peep-Peep I love little pussy I saw a fishpond all on fire I saw a pack of cards gnawing a bone I saw a peacock with a fiery tail I saw a ship a-sailing I see the moon I went into my grandmother's garden I went to the toad that lies under the wall I went up the high hill Ickle ockle, blue bockle If all the seas were one sea If all the world was paper If I'd as much money as I could spend If I had a donkey that wouldn't go If wishes were horses, beggars would ride I'll tell you a story I'm called by the name of a man I'm the king of the castle In a cottage in Fife In marble walls as white as milk In Spring I look gay Ipsey Wipsey spider It's once I courted as pretty a lass It's raining, it's pouring Jack and Gye Jack and Jill Jack be nimble Jack Sprat could eat no fat Jenny Wren fell sick Jeremiah, blow the fire Jeremiah Obadiah, puff, puff, puff Jerry Hall Jingle, bells! jingle, bells! John Bull, John Bull Johnnie Norrie Ladybird, ladybird The Land was white, The Lilies are white Lion and the unicorn, The Little Billy Breek Little black dog ran round the house, The Little Blue Ben, who lives in the glen Little Bo-peep has lost her sheep Little Boy Blue Little boy, little boy, where were you born? Little cock sparrow sat on a green tree, A Little Dicky Dilver Little fishes in a brook Little General Monk Little girl, little girl Little Jack Dandy-prat Little Jack Horner Little maid, pretty maid Little man in coal pit Little Miss Muffet Little Nancy Etticoat Little old man of Derby, A Little Poll Parrot Little Polly Flinders Little priest of Felton, The Little Tee-wee Little Tommy Tittlemouse Little Tommy Tucker Lock the dairy door London Bridge is broken down Lucy Locket lost her pocket		Magpie, magpie, flutter and flee Make three-fourths of a cross Man in the moon drinks claret, The Man in the Moon looked out of the moon, The Man in the wilderness asked me, A March winds and April showers Mary had a little lamb Mary, Mary, quite contrary Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John Milkman, milkman, where have you been? Moll-in-the-Wad and I fell out Monday's child is fair of face Moon, moon Moses supposes his toeses are roses Mother and Father and Uncle Dick Mother, may I go out to swim? Mrs Mason bought a basin My father died a month ago My father left me three acres of land My lady Wind, my lady Wind My little old man and I fell out My maid Mary My mill grinds pepper and spice My mother said, I never should Nauty Pauty Jack-a-Dandy North wind doth blow, The Nose, nose Now I lay me down to sleep Now what do you think O dear, what can the matter be? O the little rusty dusty miller Of all the gay birds that e'er I did see Oh, soldier, soldier, will you marry me Oh, that I were Oh, the brave old Duke of York Oh where, oh where has my little dog gone? Old Boniface he loved good cheer Old Doctor Foster Old Farmer Giles Old King Cole Old Mother Goose Old Mother Hubbard Old Mother Shuttle Old Mother Twitchett has but one eye Old Roger is dead and laid in his grave Old Sir Simon the king Old woman, old woman Old woman went to market and bought a pig, An On Saturday night I lost my wife On the first of March One misty, moisty morning One, Two, Buckle my shoe One, two, three, four, five One-ery, two-ery, tickery, seven Oranges and Lemons Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man Pease porridge hot Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper Peter White will ne'er go right Please to remember Polly put the kettle on Punch and Judy Purple, yellow, red and green Puss came dancing out of a barn Pussy cat ate the dumplings Pussy cat, pussy cat, where have you been? Queen of Hearts, The Queen, Queen Caroline Rain before seven Rain on the green grass Rain, rain, go away Rats in the garden, catch 'em Towser Red sky at night Red stockings, blue stockings Riddle me, riddle me ree Riddles Ride a cock-horse to Banbury Cross Ride away, ride away Ring the bells, ring! Ring-a-ring o' roses Robin-A-Bobbin Robin and a robin's son, A Robin and Richard Robin the Bobbin, the big-bellied Ben Rock-a-bye, baby Rose is red, the rose is white, The Roses are red Round and round the rugged rock Rub-a-dub-dub Sally go round the sun See a pin and pick it up See-saw, down in my lap See-saw, Margery Daw She sells sea-shells on the sea-shore Shoe a little horse Simple Simon met a pieman Sing a song of sixpence Sing jigmijole, the pudding bowl Sing, sing Six little mice sat down to spin Snail, snail, put out your horns Snow, snow faster Solomon Grundy Sow came in with the saddle, The St Dunstan, as the story goes Star light, star bright Sukey, you shall be my wife Taffy was a Welshman Tailor of Bicester, The Terence McDiddler There was a crooked man There was a jolly miller once There was a lady loved a swine There was a little boy went into a barn There was a little girl, and she had a little curl There was a little maid, and she was afraid There was a little man and he had a little gun There was a little man, and he wooed a little maid There was a little woman There was a mad man, he had a mad wife There was a man and he had nought There was a man, he went mad There was a man of double deed There was a man of Thessaly There was a monkey climbed a tree There was a rat, for want of stairs There was a thing a full month old There was an old crow There was an old man, and he had a calf There was an old man who lived in Middle Row There was an old woman called Nothing-at-all There was an old woman had three Cows There was an old woman, her name was Peg There was an old woman lived under a hill There was an old woman sat spinning There was an old woman tossed up in a basket There was an old woman who lived in a shoe There were once two cats of Kilkenny There were three cooks of Colebrook There were three jovial Welshmen There were two birds sat on a stone Thirty days hath September Thirty white horses This is the house that Jack built This is the key of the kingdom This is the way the ladies ride This little pig had a rub-a-dub This little pig went to market This year, next year Three blind mice, see how they run Three children sliding on the ice Three little ghostesses Three little kittens Three wise men of Gothan Three young rats with black felt hats Tickly, tickly on your knee Tinker tailor... Tit, tat, toe To market, to market To sleep easy all night Tom Thumbkin Tom, Tom, the piper's son Tommy O'Linn was a Scotsman born Tommy Trot, a man of law Trip upon trenchers, and dance upon dishes Tweedledum and Tweedledee Twinkle, twinkle, little star Two brothers we are Two legs sat upon three legs Up and down the city road Up at Piccadilly oh! Up the wooden hill to Bedfordshire We are all in the dumps We will go to the wood, says Robin to Bobbin Wee Willie Winkie runs through the town What are little boys made of, made of? What's in there? What's the news of the day? When good King Arthur ruled this land When I was a little boy I had but little wit When I was a little boy I lived by myself When I was a little boy I washed my mammy's dishes When I was a little boy my mammy kept me in When I was a little girl When Jacky's a good boy When the wind is in the east Where are you going to, my pretty maid? Who killed Cock Robin? Who made the pie? William and Mary Willy boy, Willy boy, where are you going? Winds they did blow, The Wine and cakes for gentlemen Wise old owl sat in an oak, A Yankee Doodle came to town
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