教材小童詩目錄

• A carrion crow sat on an oak
• Ba, ba, black sheep
• Cock, cock, I have la-a-ayed
• Dickery, dickery, dock
• Elizabeth, Elspeth, Betsy, and Bess
• Father, father, I’ve come to confess
• Gang and hear the owl yell
• Hush-a-bye, baby, on the tree-top
• I had a little husband
• Jack Sprat would eat no fat
• King Cole was a merry old soul
• Little Bo-peep has lost her sheep
• Mistress Mary
• Needles and pins, needles and pins
• Once I saw a little bird
• Pease-pudding hot
• Queen was in the parlour
• Ride a-cock horse to Banbury Cross
• Simple Simon met a pieman
• Taffy was a Welshman
• Up hill and down dale
• Valentine, Oh, Valentine
• Where are you going, my pretty maid
• Cross X patch
• You know that Monday is Sunday’s brother
• Zodiac for the Nursery

Zodiac for the Nursery

The ram, the bull, the heavenly twins,
And next the crab, the lion shines,
The virgin and the scales,
The scorpion, archer, and the goat,
The man who holds the watering-pot,
And fish with glittering scales.

keywords :

zodiac  黃道帶 12星座 

nursery  幼兒  幼兒室，育兒室 

ram  牡羊 

bull  金牛 

heavenly   天的，天空的 

twins  雙子 

crab  巨蟹 

lion  獅子 

shine  發光；照耀 

virgin  處女 

scale 天平 

scorpion  天蠍 

archer  射手 

goat 山羊 

pot  罐；壺；鍋 

glitter 閃閃發光，閃爍 

scale  刻度；尺度

You know that Monday is Sunday's brother

You know that Monday is Sunday's brother;
Tuesday is such another;
Wednesday you must go to church and pray;
Thursday is half-holiday;
On Friday it is too late to begin to spin,
And Saturday is half-holiday again.

keywords :

Monday 星期一
Tuesday 星期二
Wednesday 星期三
church 教堂
pray 祈禱
Thursday 星期四
Friday 星期五
Saturday 星期六
Sunday 星期日

On Friday it is too late to begin to spinspin 本來是紡紗的意思，也是運轉的意思看報紙常見一句話：Let the spin begin!意思是：開始動工吧！　開始進行吧！而禮拜五快放假了，當然是太晚了。

Cross X patch

Cross X patch,
Draw the latch,
Sit by the fire and spin:
Take a cup
And drink it up,
Then call the neighbours in.

keywords :

crosspatch 【Cross X patch 口】脾氣壞之人；愛抱怨之人
patch 補釘，補片
draw 拔（出）
latch 閂；門閂
spin 紡紗
neighbour 鄰居

Where are you going, my pretty maid

W

"Where are you going, my pretty maid?"
"I'm going a milking, sir," she said.
"May I go with you, my pretty maid?"
"You're kindly welcome, sir," she said.
"What is your father, my pretty maid?"
"My father's a farmer, sir," she said.
"Say will you marry me, my pretty maid?"
"Yes, if you please, kind sir," she said.
"What is your fortune, my pretty maid?"
"My face is my fortune, sir," she said.
"Then, I won't marry you, my pretty maid!"
"Nobody asked you, sir," she said.

keywords :

maid  侍女；女僕
milk  擠（奶
kindly 親切的；和藹的
farmer 農夫；農場主
fortune  財產，財富

Valentine, Oh, Valentine

Valentine, Oh, Valentine,
Curl your locks as I do mine;
Two before and two behind;
Good-morrow to you, Valentine.

keywords :

Valentine  在情人節（二月十四日）贈送給情人的禮物（或情人卡)

curl  捲曲

lock  鎖

morrow  翌日

good-morrow  早晨好！

Up hill and down dale

U
Up hill and down dale,
Butter is made in every vale;
And if Nancy Cock
Is a good girl,
She shall have a spouse,
And make butter anon,
Before her old grandmother
Grows a young man.

hill  小山；丘陵

dale  山谷，谷

vale  谷；溪谷

spouse  配偶
anon 

Taffy was a Welshman

T

Taffy was a Welshman,
  Taffy was a thief,
Taffy came to my house,
  And stole a leg of beef.

I went to Taffy's house,
  Taffy was not at home;
Taffy came to my house,
  And stole a marrow-bone.

I went to Taffy's house,
  Taffy was in bed;
I took the marrow-bone,
  And broke Taffy's head.

keywords :

Welshman  威爾斯人

thief  賊，小偷

beef  牛肉

marrow-bone  動物髓骨

Simple Simon met a pieman

S

Simple Simon met a pieman,
  Going to the fair;
Says Simple Simon to the pieman,
  "Let me taste your ware!"

keywords :

fair  （定期）集市，廟會
ware  （構成複合字）……製品，……物品，……器皿

Ride a-cock horse to Banbury Cross

R

Ride a-cock horse to Banbury Cross,
To see an old woman get up on her horse;
Rings on her fingers and bells at her toes,
And so she makes music wherever she goes.

Queen was in the parlour

Q

Queen was in the parlour, eating bread and honey

keywords :

Queen  皇后
parlour  起居室  客廳
bread  麵包
honey  蜂蜜

Pease-pudding hot

P
Pease-pudding hot, pease-pudding cold;
Pease-pudding in the pot, nine days old.

keywords : 

Pease-pudding  豆粉布丁
Pease  豌豆
pudding   布丁

Once I saw a little bird

O

Once I saw a little bird,
  Come hop, hop, hop;
So I cried, "Little bird,
  Will you stop, stop, stop?"
And was going to the window,
  To say, "How do you do?"
When he shook his little tail,
  And far away he flew.

keywords : 

hop  單足跳；蹦蹦跳；跳躍

far away  遠處

fly  flew  flown

Needles and pins, needles and pins

N

Needles and pins, needles and pins,
When a man marries his trouble begins.

keywords :

needle  裁縫針
pin  大頭針

Mistress Mary

M

Mistress Mary,
  Quite contrary,
How does your garden grow?
  With silver bells,
  And cockle shells.
And cowslips all of a-row.

keywords : 

Mistress  （大寫，用作稱呼，現已為Miss或Mrs.所替代）小姐；夫人
quite  完全，徹底
contrary  相反的，對立的
garden  花園；菜園
cockle  shell  貝殼
cowslip  黃花九輪草

Little Bo-peep has lost her sheep

L

Little Bo-peep has lost her sheep,
And can't tell where to find them.
Let them alone and they'll come home,
And bring their tails behind them, &c.

keywords :

tail  尾巴

King Cole was a merry old soul

K

King Cole was a merry old soul,
And a merry old soul was he.
He called for his pipe, and he called for his bowl,
And he called for his fiddlers three
Every fiddler had a fiddle,
And a very fine fiddle had he;
Twee, tweedle dee, tweedle dee, went the fiddlers.
Oh, there's none so rare
As can compare
With King Cole and his fiddlers three!

keywords : 

merry  快樂

soul  靈魂  心靈

old soul  老頭

call  for  要求

pipe  煙斗

bowl  酒  碗

fiddler  小提琴手

fiddle  小提琴

rare  稀有的，罕見的    

compare  比較，對照

Jack Sprat would eat no fat

Jack Sprat would eat no fat ,
His wife would eat no lean ;
Was not that a pretty trick
To make the platter clean ?

keywords :

fat	肥肉
lean	瘦肉
trick	癖好
platter	大淺盤

I had a little husband

I had a little husband
 No bigger than my thumb;
I put him in a pint pot,
 And there I bade him drum.
I bought a little horse
 That galloped up and down;
I bridled him, and saddled him,
 And sent him out of town.
I gave him a pair of garters,
 To tie up his little hose,
And a little silk handkerchief
 To wipe his little nose.

keywords :

pint 液量單位 品脫
pot 罐；壺；鍋
bid bade 命令
drum 鼓
gallop （馬等的）疾馳，飛跑
bridle 繫以韁繩；上馬勒
saddle 給（馬背）裝鞍
garter 吊帶褲
silk 蠶絲，絲
handkerchief 手帕
wipe 揩，擦

Hush-a-bye, baby, on the tree-top

Hush-a-bye, baby, on the tree-top;
When the wind blows the cradle will rock;
When the wind ceases the cradle will fall,
And down will come baby and cradle and all.

keywords :

Hush-a-bye	= hushaby； [ int. 感嘆詞 ]：乖乖睡
cradle	搖籃
cease	停止