Child's Play

These are the first letters of words that begin a nursery rhyme. Can you tell me the name of the rhyme and what the letters stand for?

-1. TOATPWTSOABPGB
-2. HLBDSAWMGTBYAM
-3. DYKTMMTMMTMM
-4. TWAOWWLIAS
-5. ATATAGAYB
-6. AIWGTSIIMAMWSW
-7. DDBPITWWPHILJG
-8. TIBSWUTWS
-9. HDDTCATFTCJOTM
-10. IBWOTRATLLD
-11. SSMAPGTTF
-12. OLTLTLIFLFLSLI
-13. GPPAPKTGAMTC
-14. TTTPSSAPAAHR
-15. WWWRTTTUSADSIHN

15. Wee Willy Winkie runs through the town. Up stairs and down stairs in his nightgown.

5. A Tisket A Tasket

A tisket a tasket a green and yellow basket.

You make it look easy. Nice start ladies

4.There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe

14. Tom, Tom, the piper's son, stole a pig and away he run.

Hey diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle, the cow jumped over the moon

Curly, Fil and manxman

3. Do you know the muffin man, the muffin man, the muffin man

13. Georgie Porgie puddin' and pie, kissed the girls and made them cry

10. I've been workin' on the railroad, all the live long day.

6. On the Way to Saint Ives? (not sure of title)

As I was going to Saint Ives,
I met a man with seven wives.

12. One little, two little, three little indians, four little, five little, six little indians.

8. Itsy Bitsy Spider

The itsy bitsy spider
went up the water spout.

Excellent! We're all kids at heart

11. Simple Simon met a pieman going to the fair

Good one, Niki

1. The Owl and the Pussycat

The owl and the pussycat went to sea on a beautiful pea green boat.

2. Hush Little Baby

Hush, little baby, don't say a word, Mama's going to buy you a mockingbird.

Indeed, ladies

Just one left now. The first two words are sounds.

7. Ding Dong Bell

Ding dong bell,
[blip]'s in the well.
Who put her in?
Little Johnny Green.



I'm not sure, but I think "Green" was in the original rhyme, but there are variations that have last names for the bad boy that rhyme with "in" - like Flynn and Thin. I like "Thin" because it goes with the last name of the nice boy who pulled her out (Stout). Or maybe a good substitute is

Edit: Oh my, "Kitty" got bleeped!

I've heard it with a couple of different names but your point of a connection between "thin" and "stout" makes a lot of sense.

Good answer, Jema

The bleepin' censor got us again!