The book contains eight short poems. All but two of them are traditional Mother Goose rhymes. They are as follows: * "Cecily Parsley" (an original poem by Beatrix Potter) * "Goosey Goosey Gander" * "This Little Piggy Went to Market" * "Pussycat Sits by the Fire" * "Three Blind Mice" * "Little Tommy Tinker's Dog" (better known as "Little Tommy Tucker's Dog") * "We Have a Little Garden" (an original poem by Potter's friend Louie Choyce) * "Ninny Nanny Netticoat" Beatrix Potter's poem "Cecily Parsley" is about a rabbit who brews ale from cowslips. At the insistence of Potter's publisher, Fruling Warne, the word "cowslips" replaced the word "apples" in the poem. Warne was apparently unaware that it is also possible to brew an alcoholic drink from cowslips.