鹅妈妈可不是一个人或者一只鹅哦，“鹅妈妈”是流传在英国各地儿歌童谣的总称。这些透过口耳相传的童谣，每一首迄今都有二、三百年的历史，总数约有二千多首，内容格外丰富。
有应景应时的歌曲、有特别吸引孩子的摇篮歌、有倍受亲子欢迎的游戏学习歌、猜谜歌等等。这些童谣声韵活泼，用字遣词自由、生动，内容饶富趣味，每一首都能历经百年的考验而不衰，英国人习惯把它当作孩子读书识字过程中不可缺失的枕边教材。
有幽默故事、游戏歌曲、儿歌、谜语、催眠曲、字母歌、数数歌、绕口令、动物歌等，英国人称其为 Nursery Rhymes 儿歌，美国人称其为 Mother Goose 鹅妈妈童谣，在英美国家无人不知无人不晓。童谣不仅能提高孩子的学习兴趣，还有利于培养孩子对英语节奏、韵律的敏感度。
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3.Jack and Jill went up the hill
7.Down at the station, early in the morning
8.Cackle, cackle, Mother Goose
11. I'm a little teapot, short and stout,
13.To market, to market, to buy a fat pig,
18.Donkey, donkey, old and grey
25.Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man
27.I had a little dolly dressed in green
29.Early in the morning at eight o'clock
32.Mademoiselle she went to the well
35.Great A, little a, bouncing B
36.Form Wibbleton to Wobbleton
37.I asked my mother for fifty cents
41.Whose little pigs are these, these, these?
44.Cross-patch, draw the latch
46.As I was walking through the City
52. Twinkle, twinkle, little star,