Description
![Hickory Dickory Dock learn and sing the song](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQRJvpwW0xkBpc3zMqn4VQMVjoU9z0voI-lbr4cNC9G4G6MUaXzGq3jzQZLXhND3JNAU3K1pdqwSDgvCnLP5YfdKGyKPS_EXZC433p0xQSHj5rIWT_RtHgvZtNs7ZQ4uy0PF_-Ys4K-1gb7SBOeq-eqqFIuxAu04WkUhTRo9KwTl6BQZuq-Ago499ZLA/s1600/hickory-dickory-dock1.jpg)
Lyrics
Hickory, dickory, dock(Raise your left hand up as if it were a ladder to climb up.)
![Hickory, dickory, dock](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKSUfIpsZIOYGj8ZoXjtNai1xdcQ5le5xC4lswzoNtp2di7U-e8XEM0WP8ntB0lvH8iXUeDk-kFMhG48yvS9NzwentmIYE2XsW9qqVEQs_IRa7bfnz2o-4JcKE3Sh5fzck30URj9gLtO84/s1600/001.jpg)
(With your right hand simulate the climbing towards the clock.)
![The mouse ran up the clock](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEMNBJsKiFis0gsgHfArO4nsW8niCJkTTwNaHzL9HCJZ69Z4GUEfB42ZDim5U__135xX_JJqPbJZoJ2tmaUe46e8uy5Nngh0Msd36cyzz0owq4W5cIwop-QXfd7vpY8_YOJxniLd90X-L_/s1600/002.jpg)
(Tap forward with your both hands.)
![The clock struck one](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWPuP_uD_hVmbS_ncqw-Jn6lC1gGlbvyeKdaQGpGPbqsnhgzyBwGwNJFx4Z2MGB_HykoQ27YGjyQRi-5SrdJjNtnbARbFQlLLfRqWlxrxgbvtjHKHdSlXb8RC3verk7e2P7vdNbaPMDVY0/s1600/003.jpg)
(With your left hand simulate the descent of the mouse.)
![The mouse ran down](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEbrn6VF7_z-0y_kIlk9OLwdaAktzY0pGmtz5f6nxV_s6kixTt8rVVVLbbsYLV0Q09lndi_0GcEPwByJcBcQC8yv7DtQ47m4kNnDZC8zDiybo_u_vvCOgdnaw7VPLwNscKlCWuCBBbcF3x/s1600/004.jpg)
Hickory, dickory, dock.
Score
![Hickory, dickory, dock score](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii50DfxSRzPIBqS_VVmhqAcyYl9eUMuTOdGj8-MpLdqLnSS5tIBHH5eDMUqQo28_u6BODlPKmBeyUdAjuLMxyhq6eWD6j-TiUyXu8qUpUfMXOLOefCBe57JSHyak20g9M-D3F2ocyFOvvRw86csRgEZMqVgSlKiPvzFWs_P71KNY-4qYbuRobh0ZDXuKpN/s1600/Hickory-Dickory-Dock-Score.jpg)
Notes
The earliest recorded version of the rhyme is in Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book, published in London in about 1744. This version uses the opening line: 'Hickere, Dickere Dock'. The next recorded version in Mother Goose's Melody (c. 1765), uses 'Dickery, Dickery Dock'.
The rhyme is thought by some commentators to have originated as a counting-out rhyme.
The rhyme is thought to have been based on the astronomical clock at Exeter Cathedral. The clock has a small hole in the door below the face for the resident cat to hunt mice.
Watch the song
![Cat Song](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH9uC4QlGob1O5zDSMN0vj28S7kisBs4Dtzf12U75LoQzEk70jeH4qMxJC4l1pwDXMEy0k38cS90p2s2mqb1pAf5AUgqJi2zEdhP2DeRGsibOqt68fKfKvoHa_2sTEJ7bLCv2IS-AYeuN8/s1600/Cat-Song.jpg)
Cat Song
![Clap Your Hands One Two Three](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbVs12uqUVpcmLf9Qwvcr5mc7_XKF-1gt_PVwtrcTLyc_2UoVDrVmPrSUtHXXC_6PbXxDtCslMxGDYCWM2JYO4KshoOsFBxHvPTnkSWnF9Jf6QqZN97S-kdFF31XcMwBqIF1vFgGTwtBl75AGtivem-UN6eEW4MgO40YBoLYWYAUq9rM9gzm3a36EKMA/s1600/clap-your-hands.jpg)
Clap Your Hands One Two Three
![Cow Song](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDR6DAdviq651hWBzfm7vRTF-dClx1HkpskW0MGGxKojRrul9ir1Z72DFjKJmGPSEY2B0Wsl9hcJ_nb1r5yWt78QSIy3UBFVB9G3pgdGUuOk7yw8JY_7RTc8hyphenhyphen85j8SEcJnjGEquLP8qT9/s1600/Cow-Song.jpg)
Cow Song
![Crocodile Song](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPRypkWFOyM3OdF3iIlnaCil4S_dcsPvadbRhGcQdSs7v21C2mu4V6leqt58M1sgxPAk5rK6s4SYidofy8HDMMrOnc6olPitJR77CnqQkDFlXML_8Cc8Jv3claVNHvtWW8OSp-UhD2s6M0/s1600/Crocodile-Song.jpg)
Crocodile Song
![Duck Song](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirT3UmfmVpp8mHhkP7A1v1hPL9lX781Eb5iYTQPY0gE4Ew7DHSjpwqLyAzsfb34W9Qd78brQ5UwR7YsXak8sjpbYmwN4ePHXhjxIkUy4CynH6I90jhDuFff2yFTVYd8I98d3Np1uED5zLf/s1600/Duck-Song.jpg)
Duck Song
![Elephant Song](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2XA5NO1XloeAkgEJPOhQwhcF-d4HX1vuW43n9zUlH55hLeUFqfnJO-HFyeyj3WcLfKHfCuIaudeZCii4lUbnfOR4rwuaLsRqwv8VNtqf7ku0rj33pepQMa_jf0zUZEf2Ll9neWQThEcE2/s1600/Elephant-Song.jpg)
Elephant Song
![Goat Song](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEEUbv2QlmXp3hj3lSL3sGGxldtyaSfx6TyFiiiNWOSgyVr2XtZU5evnDBFAOQn_QdrZ136irrw4K_FPyPQ-VKZckfrHIR3N-RwISBke1pxEuYRUVhes9cOKTEjMFLck6iLUkXjeF9rv7e/s1600/Goat-Song.jpg)
Goat Song
![Horse Song](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4wF_IjaQbm8A1htmtQDoEoMTAd1abqZ0uYV4DwtoBUIfv7aOSe5IW5tQDIW6358fIT7M78naxzfblJM6K-P-QnWyoJAasr6bGw0mgD5CknZD8ayULl5ynQLcwTYfI-VoD9YuN-mof4E4s/s1600/Horse-Song.jpg)
Horse Song
![I'm A Little Teapot](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi20O2qArSFdPvYcv8V7OV48aZAiyjc7E62atUr_6tRSKCQoEMc2gc53oxZJqw5GxTtxxW6VpV_f7QqaXzcrzhsVwRnPT2JDa3byNjUZVxnHzgW5cqqBj2EJrw3qPyPSONmZ34Mv6MRoj3fJswg0UCK1HtvgUFNuvu_oQIIZTyWCYYIEzZqzgixGWwJog/s1600/im-little-teapot.jpg)
I'm A Little Teapot
![Itsy Bitsy Spider](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLW1aZbTat3bUQiOVck27Fgdp2INXjIYuYXEmACS2H5aqpuDZZXzjtdGGjKxzLU8PNBG5NOQA5a8C5YzV8OmpFNY1A7znlqAi_UbBVpBG7ipgwOEKQqesebw38azt9bqq60kfFmJDNE3JWHJG3Seyip5MfI222gEnLpPUcC_XeXfoAiliwAWxalj2rRQ/s1600/itsy-bitsy-spider.jpg)
Itsy Bitsy Spider
![Kangaroo Song](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO9lPK0WTtOiTnrtnQ6UcRcjDG8BgFxn4HxLMEbMqItve9G7BdWEoK_i6dOa41qUx5WKZ693RTx2bUfxXeQ798KwxGv35B1HbOCG4ofcKR2eHeSukYhTNvVHJYnINkhAdrfl80T4ruRyGa/s1600/Kangaroo-Song.jpg)
Kangaroo Song
![Lion Song](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDfhpn7_IQaUzbyQ_gll7mCW2dimKMYdyke8EUnBH-ew9Tw-6LqeAKsrA9yWdPYo0SYdTtBEx6T2jslHHAb20OCnagnLXRw5n4uW4BCdRUkU6oKnZmrUutY4E4uX2pRbq0JEm-ZVMWmduI/s1600/Lion-Song.jpg)
Lion Song
![Little Bo-Peep](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd8gesyMIXpPhoUW8wlW9BIMyJUWQXFgPicsZTMI4JkpM8r_6bTf3v-M1EB7B94o6to-FHlfiOuQHCsuhtU-ju7cCBLLeRlCsiC7_5iPdrYJB2Z7T9t7jur4dmkemE3hYXP1Kd_raqfSgrgYuG8K8Ch981-7F68WG-wKcLYwMKtbmlFU5f_hj3JY7bYA/s1600/little-bo-peep.jpg)
Little Bo-Peep
![Pig Song](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBUuq61HwT4vSGfx963mRgs38bhzLHO_bI-MbCQjfGwnSw1PNhm-QpPIznqt3vRJUmaELH4llynZ0uNBybgJUlyzkAlN4PO-0eiMv-M3pZkrfi-ApaI_UKJ31GgOJfM-qrGBKg1Risq2c1/s1600/Pig-Song.jpg)
Pig Song
![Polar Bear Song](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsGQQLqv_wLNqozwj930y_kOWcu9Dyn0RsVCNY9DeB155O8Y1vXMwuzxYdfotLmXw1_fE3PP09hJtvJ8GwL8mLj_7lid37xCPDZgIcsHjkMpWAI_JJl6bobMgtvrYfCTNNRtFXapj3LDAj/s1600/Polar-Bear.jpg)
Polar Bear Song
![Sheep Song](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi05gfbYLBBzLyvyZGoklwalzI6yU3ePXq4a53CUpkJl15RcwkNKOcspzwjkC0n57sye8Nabl8jGRMk5nY8iVYPLPsRonQ4vfjuYCbZXkgfT3TWfDqIF-hUxQ_OJrxI5I-dghVV1O4GF4p0/s1600/Sheep-Song.jpg)
Sheep Song
![Twinkle Twinkle Little Star](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJIlWhoDUZ8khkXU6hj8ao-LHgUVY9jF_5UiZgl-uIQ8ENmtA4kA6nxDhAGQ-kQcrYJMo0Sut4OS2L1A6wDjo4_pixj2p2jlyEVwbDL62HgF3Sw1D2nhTzEhPvc6DfAj77KtiQ2-WgnJUyfYSdoaNo41W8UYD3SH1k4sxmLnehfTaYQ5I9zKn9chJUDw/s1600/twinkle-little-star.jpg)
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
![Two Little Bluebirds Song](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwErwsifO4E_Tt_KJWjOsdHFDVSfatEzfqazkVaexBUaiX8u_jdekIwkcJKZ0Iu3aRKvvJPIvcK6sJEvr6GmlBILC9FmBCDVVbg_Tamr04gJSyQQbhWLC-NatsKaGGNzYtRvto50eIJFz0vrfoOq-zJJYdGk28zJcGDQTYvJNSPQ-dzZ-lCILUAkYKKg/s1600/two-little-blackbirds.jpg)
Two Little Bluebirds Song
![Two Little Bluebirds Song](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwAkYREWA2Tw4OX_fzym28c7JsKV_wStfeAVPkelydrFpspPQFU_qK2vkQ6sK91WMZByALe2XzZIZKdjBz7ZUVld0MJqO2O5HkdjQs_hLrQedLOgCEvjLscpNeKjxIsyi7220IQxeI4Dy0/s1600/Whale-Song.jpg)
Whale Song
![Zebra Song](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXXh1AUBLPD7HKu8965ItF_OOehHnoP1p1ZBaaMShTr3MNDZO2kRshCYc-gn7-lzcJxSaqyigydDKpSXvxpno7YF6B_eoXL4-DfbYGaJmgsPUoseh4SbryQdUvzoix2F_nGLZMVEJOG81-/s1600/Zebra-Song.jpg)
Zebra Song