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A postcard of the rhyme using Dorothy M. Wheeler's 1916 illustration Play ⓘ "Jack and Jill" (sometimes "Jack and Gill", particularly in earlier versions) is a traditional English nursery rhyme. The Roud Folk Song Index classifies the commonest tune and its variations as number 10266, [1] although it has been set to several others. The ...
Record World called it "a mid-tempo r&b song that expands on the nursery rhyme in interesting fashion." [2] In 1981, "A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do)" became a hit as an answer song to "Jack and Jill". Parker wrote an antithesis from "Jill's" perspective, according to the lyrics, "By the time poor Jack returned up the hill, somebody else ...
The rhyme was first recorded when published in Mother Goose's Melody in London around 1765. In this version the names of the birds were Jack and Gill: There were two blackbirds Sat upon a hill, The one was nam'd Jack, The other nam'd Gill; Fly away Jack, Fly away Gill, Come again Jack, Come again Gill. [1]
The rhyme was first recorded by James Orchard Halliwell in 1842, but there is evidence that it was popular in Britain and America at least in the early nineteenth century. [3] Various persons have been identified with Lucy Locket and Kitty Fisher. Halliwell suggested that they were "two celebrated courtesans of the time of Charles II", but no ...
Origin unknown, but studies have suggested the rhyme may be older than attested. Jack and Jill 'Jack and Gill' Great Britain c. 1765 [131] Jack-a-Nory: Great Britain c. 1760 [132] Jack Be Nimble: United Kingdom c. 1815 [133] Lavender's Blue 'Lavender Blue' England: c. 1675 [134] Little Bo-Peep 'Little Bo-Peep has lost her sheep' United Kingdom
The album contains 27 classic children's songs. [2] Track listing. Oh, Where, ... Nursery Rhyme Medley: "Hickory Dickory Dock", "Jack and Jill", "Jack Be Nimble"
The work's plot pulled loosely from several fairy tales and nursery rhymes, including Mother Goose and Jack and Jill. The work also contained many songs interpolated into the production by other writers, including two songs by George M. Cohan: "Rube" and "Always Leave Them Laughing When You Say Goodbye". [4]
A nursery rhyme is a traditional poem or song for children in Britain and other European countries, but usage of the term dates only from the late 18th/early 19th century. The term Mother Goose rhymes is interchangeable with nursery rhymes. [1] From the mid-16th century nursery rhymes began to be recorded in English plays, and most popular ...