Poems to Learn by Heart Year 1
Mud
I like mud.
I like it on my clothes.
I like it on my fingers.
I like it in my toes.
Dirt’s pretty ordinary
And dust’s a dud.
For a really good mess-up
I like mud.
John Smith
Ask Mummy Ask Daddy
When I ask Daddy
Daddy says ask Mummy.
When I ask Mummy
Mummy says ask Daddy.
I don’t know where to go.
Better ask my teddy
He never says no.
John Aghard
Peas
I eat my peas with honey,
I’ve done it all my life,
They do taste kind of funny,
But it keeps them on the knife.
Anon
Nutter
The Moon’s a big white football,
The sun’s a pound of butter.
The earth is going round the twist
And I’m a little nutter!
Kit Wright
Star Light, Star Bright
Star light, star bright,
First star I see tonight,
I wish I may,
I wish I might,
Have the wish I wish tonight.
Traditional
Good Night, Good Night
The dark is dreaming.
Day is done.
Good night, good night
To everyone.
Good night to the birds,
And the fish in the sea,
Good night to the bears
And good night to me.
Dennis Lee
Now We Are Six
When I was one I had just begun
When I was two I was nearly new
When I was three I was hardly me
When I was four I was not much more
When I was five I was just alive
But now I am six, I'm as clever as clever;
So I think I'll be six now for ever and ever.
A A Milne
On The Ning Nang Nong
On the Ning Nang Nong
Where the Cows go Bong!
and the monkeys all say BOO!
There's a Nong Nang Ning
Where the trees go Ping!
And the tea pots jibber jabber joo.
On the Nong Ning Nang
All the mice go Clang
And you just can't catch 'em when they do!
So its Ning Nang Nong
Cows go Bong!
Nong Nang Ning
Trees go ping
Nong Ning Nang
The mice go Clang
What a noisy place to belong
is the Ning Nang Ning Nang Nong!!
Spike Milligan