Aged 101, Dame Vera Lynn was the Classic Brit Award recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018. In March 1959 and May 1963, respectively, Vera Lynn and Kenneth McKellar - two of Decca’s best-selling exclusive artists - went into the studio to record albums of nursery rhymes.

Simply, but deliciously scored, with several touches of humour, the two collections were brought together by Decca in 1976 and issued as “The Wonderful World of Nursery Rhymes”. A gatefold sleeve for the 1976 LP (SPA485) was commissioned and it included an illustration that encompassed all 54 nursery rhymes featured on the album. Now, for the first complete CD reissue of that LP, the same illustration is used and the original sequencing of the nursery rhymes retained. Additionally, the lyrics for all the nursery rhymes are printed in the booklet, ensuring that this becomes something of a collector’s item as well as the perfect gift for the young at heart.

Tracklisting:
1. Girls and Boys Come Out to Play - Vera Lynn, Barry Gray
2. The Grand Old Duke of York - Vera Lynn, Barry Gray
3. Hey Diddle Dumpling, My Son John - Kenneth McKellar, Bob Sharples
4. London Bridge is Falling Down - Kenneth McKellar, Bob Sharples
5. Polly Put the Kettle On - Kenneth McKellar, Bob Sharples
6. Dickery, Dickery, Dock - Vera Lynn, Barry Gray
7. Here We Come Gathering Nuts in May - Kenneth McKellar, Bob Sharples
8. Little Jack Horner - Kenneth McKellar, Bob Sharples
9. Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush - Vera Lynn, Barry Gray
10. Little Miss Muffet - Kenneth McKellar, Bob Sharples
11. Yankee Doodle - Vera Lynn, Barry Gray
12. Old Mother Hubbard - Kenneth McKellar, Bob Sharples
13. Jack and Jill - Kenneth McKellar, Bob Sharples
14. Three Blind Mice - Kenneth McKellar, Bob Sharples
15. Sing a Song of Sixpence - Vera Lynn, Barry Gray
16. Hey Diddle Diddle - Kenneth McKellar, Bob Sharples
17. What are Little Boys Made Of - Kenneth McKellar, Bob Sharples
18. Mary Had a Little Lamb - Vera Lynn, Barry Gray
19. Bye Baby Bunting - Kenneth McKellar, Bob Sharples
20. Ding Dong Bell - Kenneth McKellar, Bob Sharples
21. Cock-a-Doodle-Doo - Kenneth McKellar, Bob Sharples
22. I Had a Little Nut Tree - Vera Lynn, Barry Gray
23. Pat-a-Cake - Kenneth McKellar, Bob Sharples
24. Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star - Vera Lynn, Barry Gray
25. Little Boy Blue - Kenneth McKellar, Bob Sharples
26. See-Saw Marjorie Daw - Vera Lynn, Barry Gray
27. O Where, O Where Has My Little Dog Gone? - Kenneth McKellar, Bob Sharples
28. The North Wind Doth Blow - Kenneth McKellar, Bob Sharples
29. Three Little Kittens - Kenneth McKellar, Bob Sharples
30. Lucy Locket - Kenneth McKellar, Bob Sharples
31. Pop Goes the Weasel - Vera Lynn, Barry Gray
32. Georgie Porgie - Kenneth McKellar, Bob Sharples
33. Humpty Dumpty - Kenneth McKellar, Bob Sharples
34. The Frog’s Wooing - Vera Lynn, Barry Gray
35. There Was a Little Man - Kenneth McKellar, Bob Sharples
36. Ride a Cock Horse - Kenneth McKellar, Bob Sharples
37. Doctor Foster Went to Gloster - Kenneth McKellar, Bob Sharples
38. The Jolly Miller - Vera Lynn, Barry Gray
39. The Lion and the Unicorn - Kenneth McKellar, Bob Sharples
40. Tom, Tom, the Piper’s Son - Vera Lynn, Barry Gray
41. Baa, Baa, Black Sheep - Vera Lynn, Barry Gray
42. Oranges and Lemons - Vera Lynn, Barry Gray
43. There Was a Crooked Man - Kenneth McKellar, Bob Sharples
43. Simple Simon - Kenneth McKellar, Bob Sharples
45. Old King Cole - Kenneth McKellar, Bob Sharples
46. Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary - Kenneth McKellar, Bob Sharples
47. Goosey, Goosey Gander - Kenneth McKellar, Bob Sharples
48. Oh Dear, What Can the Matter Be? - Vera Lynn, Barry Gray
49. There Was an Old Woman - Kenneth McKellar, Bob Sharples
50. Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat - Kenneth McKellar, Bob Sharples
51. Where Are You Going To, My Pretty Maid? - Vera Lynn, Barry Gray
52. I Love Little Pussy - Kenneth McKellar, Bob Sharples
53. Little Bo Peep - Vera Lynn, Barry Gray
54. Hush a Bye Baby - Kenneth McKellar, Bob Sharples