All Info About Nursery Rhymes

Hickory, dickory, dock

Hickory, dickory, dock,
The mouse ran up the clock.
The clock struck one,
The mouse ran down!
Hickory, dickory, dock.

Origin

Like many poems and rhymes this one tries to imitate a particular sound, in this case the ticking of a clock.
It was a favourite poem of Sir Walter Scott who used to recite it to Marjorie Fleming, the diarist.