A-Tisket, A-Tasket (Nursery Rhyme)

Summary


A-Tisket, A-Tasket is a classic nursery rhyme you can read free online, following a child carrying a green and yellow basket on a simple but unlucky errand. A letter meant for a friend slips from their hands along the way — and before they can retrieve it, a little boy scoops it up and tucks it safely into his pocket. Short, rhythmic, and full of playful suspense, the rhyme captures the small drama of something precious going missing just beyond reach.


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A-tisket a-tasket
A green and yellow basket
I wrote a letter to my friend
And on the way I dropped it,
I dropped it, I dropped it,
And on the way I dropped it.
A little boy he picked it up
And put it in his pocket.


Credits

Ririro is the in-house editorial team at Ririro.com, dedicated to bringing well-loved nursery rhymes, fairy tales, and short stories to readers online for free. A-Tisket, A-Tasket is one of the oldest English-language nursery rhymes, with roots tracing back to at least 1879, and was later made famous as a jazz song by Ella Fitzgerald in 1938.