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Illustration of the poem from the 1901 Book of Nursery Rhymes. This is one of many counting-out rhymes. It was first recorded in Mother Goose's Melody around 1765. Like most versions until the late 19th century, it had only the first stanza and dealt with a hare, not a fish, with the words:
Illustration by Lilly Martin Spencer, 1857. Nursery rhyme. Published. 1760. Songwriter (s) Unknown. "This Little Pig Went to Market" (often shortened to "This Little Piggy") is an English-language nursery rhyme and fingerplay. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19297.
Two Little Dickie Birds. "Two Little Dickie Birds". Nursery rhyme. Published. c. 1765. " Two Little Dickie Birds " or " Two Little Black Birds " is an English language nursery rhyme and fingerplay. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 16401.
On 9 March 2007, Burns announced that Stiff Little Fingers would record a new album, to be released later that year. A new song, "Liars Club", was added to their set lists that year. The track was named after a bar Burns drove past while listening to a press report about Tony Blair, George W. Bush and the Iraq War. At the Glasgow Barrowlands ...
"Itsy Bitsy Spider" singing game "The Itsy Bitsy Spider" (also known as "The Incy Wincy Spider" in Australia, [1] Great Britain, [2] and other anglophone countries) is a popular nursery rhyme, folksong, and fingerplay that describes the adventures of a spider as it ascends, descends, and re-ascends the downspout or "waterspout" of a gutter system or open-air reservoir.
The modern rhyme is the best known of a number of verses beginning with the line "Ride a cock-horse to Banbury Cross", some of which are recorded earlier. These include a verse printed in Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book (c. 1744), with the lyrics: Ride a cock-horse. To Banbury Cross, To see what Tommy can buy; A penny white loaf, A penny white ...
Five Little Monkeys. "Five Little Monkeys Sitting in a Tree" variant in both English and Spanish. "Five Little Monkeys" is an English-language nursery rhyme, children's song, folk song and fingerplay of American origin. It is usually accompanied by a sequence of gestures that mimic the words of the song.
Songwriter Septimus Winner created an elaborated version of the children's song, called "Ten Little Injuns ", in 1868 for a minstrel show. [1] Ten little Indians standin' in a line, One toddled home and then there were nine; Nine little Indians swingin' on a gate, One tumbled off and then there were eight. Eight little Indians gayest under heav'n.