Johnson Park is full of surprises!

Look for tiles in the ground near the wading pool, on both sides.  Can you match the tiles to these nursery rhymes?

Jack Be Nimble

Jack be nimble!
Jack be quick!
Jack jump over the candle stick!

Little Jack Horner

Little Jack Horner sat in the corner
Eating his Christmas pie,
He put in his thumb and pulled out a plum
And said, "What a good boy am I!"

Little Boy Blue

Little Boy Blue come blow your horn
The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn.
Where is the boy who looks after the sheep?
He's under the haystack fast asleep.

The Man in the Moon

The man in the moon
Came tumbling down,
And asked the way to Norwich;
He went by the south,
and burnt his mouth
With eating cold peas porridge.

Simple Simon

Simple Simon met a pieman going to the fair.
Says Simple Simon to the pieman, "Let me taste your ware!"
Says the pieman to Simple Simon, "Show me your first penny."
Says Simple Simon to the pieman, "Indeed I have not any!"

Mary Had a Little Lamb

Mary had a little lamb.
Its fleece was white as snow.
And everywhere that Mary went
The lamb was sure to go.

Humpty Dumpty

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the king's horses and all the King's men
Couldn't put Humpty together again!

Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son

Tom, Tom, the piper's son
Stole a pig and away he ran,
The pig was eat and Tom was beat
And Tom went roaring down the street.

Peas Porridge

Peas porridge hot,
Peas porridge cold.
Peas porridge in the pot
Nine days old!

BONUS: Find the Pied Piper!

The Pied Piper is an epic poem by Robert Browning, published in 1888. The story tells of the town of Hamelin, which was rid of its rat infestation by the Pied Piper. But when the townspeople refused to pay for his services, he returned and played his pipe to lure the children away from town and into a cave!

Credit: Texts adapted from the Johnson Park Rehabilitation Project Unveiling Ceremony program, October 2, 2008.