For generations of American (1)_Mother Goose rhymes have been the first contact with the literature of their native language and culture. At home and in their early years (2)__school, the rhythmic lift of these rhymes delights and instructs them. So well known are (3)_ rhymes and their subjects that allusions to them permeate our adult conversation and writing. Without a knowledge of them no English-speaking American has truly complete (4)_ education. It has been said that there is (5)_for everyone Mother Goose. Even scholarly adults (6)_ intrigued by her possible origin, by the hidden meaning in the simple verses, and even which historical characters are being lampooned in them.