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One for Sorrow (nursery rhyme) "One for Sorrow". Three magpies in a tree. Nursery rhyme. Published. c. 1780. " One for Sorrow " is a traditional children's nursery rhyme about magpies. According to an old superstition, the number of magpies seen tells if one will have bad or good luck.
Monday's Child. " Monday's Child " is one of many fortune-telling songs, popular as nursery rhymes for children. It is supposed to tell a child's character or future from their day of birth and to help young children remember the seven days of the week. As with many nursery rhymes, there are many versions. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number ...
Three Little Kittens. " Three Little Kittens " is an English language nursery rhyme, probably with roots in the British folk tradition. The rhyme as published today however is a sophisticated piece usually attributed to American poet Eliza Lee Cabot Follen (1787–1860). With the passage of time, the poem has been absorbed into the Mother Goose ...
Unknown. Published. United States, 1865. "Miss Polly Had a Dolly" also known as " Miss Polly had a little dolly", "Miss Polly" or "Miss Molly had a Dolly" is an English-language nursery rhyme, folk song, children's song and action song of American origin, published in 1865. [citation needed] It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 16289.
Infant Joy. " Infant Joy " is a poem written by the English poet William Blake. It was first published as part of his collection Songs of Innocence in 1789 and is the counterpart to "Infant Sorrow", which was published at a later date in Songs of Experience in 1794. Ralph Vaughan Williams set the poem to music in his 1958 song cycle Ten Blake ...
Georgie Porgie, pudding and pie, Kissed the girls and made them cry, When the girls came out to play, Georgie Porgie ran away. These appeared in The Kentish Coronal (1841), where the rhyme was described as an "old ballad" with the name spelled "Georgy Peorgy". [1] That version persisted through most of the 19th century and was later illustrated ...
Busta Rhymes was featured on Fat Joe's single "Pride & Joy" alongside Kanye West and Jadakiss. His ninth studio album, Year of the Dragon , was released for free on Google Play on August 21, 2012. The album features guest appearances from Lil Wayne , Rick Ross , Trey Songz , Robin Thicke , Maino , Gucci Mane and more.
The rhyme is quoted and referenced on Metallica's 1996 single “King Nothing”, released for the album Load. In Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, it is used as the plot's basis, the quest for the Wishing Star, in addition to providing deeper meaning to the film's central themes. It is read verbatim in the opening and repeated later on.