The rhyme that sends a rocking horse off at a gallop, complete with rings, bells, and an old lady who has music wherever she goes. One of the best-known riding rhymes in the language, made for knee-bouncing.
From Mother Goose / Nursery Rhymes (traditional). See the whole collection.
Ride a cock-horse to Banbury Cross,
To see an old lady upon a white horse.
Rings on her fingers, and bells on her toes,
She shall have music wherever she goes.
Public domain. Text from The Real Mother Goose (Blanche Fisher Wright, 1916), via Project Gutenberg. View the source edition