The composition and recital of nursery rhymes go back in time, their use being particularly appealing to children.. Such rhymes, used by English-speaking peoples around the world for hundreds of years, are considered to be the first rhymes that are taught to children when they are learning to talk.   Generally, there are those that have no idea as to their origin and purpose, though they recite the rhymes at home and in kindergartens.   Many of the rhymes do not seem to make any sense to those that use these glibly, but, in fact, the rhymes made a lot of sense at the time they were written. 

Tiny children like certain sounds the rhyming words produce, such as the following:      

                                                        Hickory, dickory, dock, the mouse ran up the clock;

                                                         The clock struck one, the mouse ran down,

                                                          Hickory, dickory, dock.

Nursery rhymes are actually connected with English history, and were purposely composed to ridicule many political figures at the time, royalty included.  For instance, in 1714, George I of England, who was originally George of Hanover, a German, was ridiculed for having been a foreigner whose ascension to the English throne was thought to be wrong, as a result of which, the feelings of the people were reflected in the following nursery rhyme:

                                                              Hark, hark, the dogs do bark, the beggars are coming to town,

                                                               Some in rags, and some in tags, and some in velvet gowns.

There were several nursery rhymes that were published under the title, “Mother Goose,” borrowed from a book that contained the first nursery rhymes that were composed.