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Caption reads "Here we go round the Mulberry Bush" in The Baby's Opera A book of old Rhymes and The Music by the Earliest Masters, 1877. Artwork by Walter Crane. "Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush" (also titled "Mulberry Bush" or "This Is the Way") is an English nursery rhyme and singing game. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 7882.
[20] Since at least the late 19th century, the nursery rhyme was used with a British children's game similar to musical chairs. [12] The players sing the first verse while dancing around rings. [12] There is always one ring less than the number of players. [12] When the "pop goes the weasel" line is reached, the players rush to secure a ring. [12]
Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush 'Mulberry Bush', 'This Is the Way', 'This is the way (we)' England c. 1750 [126] While the tune is from The Beggar's Opera, this was adapted into a children's game in the mid-nineteenth century. [127] Hey Diddle Diddle 'Hi Diddle Diddle', 'The Cat and the Fiddle', 'The Cow Jumped Over the Moon' Great Britain
[20] Since at least the late 19th century, the nursery rhyme was used with a British children's game similar to musical chairs. [12] The players sing the first verse while dancing around rings. [12] There is always one ring less than the number of players. [12] When the "pop goes the weasel" line is reached, the players rush to secure a ring. [12]
The rhyme was first collected in Britain in the late 1940s. [2] Since teddy bears did not come into vogue until the twentieth century it is likely to be fairly recent in its current form, but Iona and Peter Opie suggest that it is probably a version of an older rhyme, "Round about there": [2]
Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush; Pussycat, Pussycat; See-Saw, Margery Daw; Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, Turn Around; Pop Goes the Weasel (Jeff) Mary Had a Little Lamb; Skip to My Lou; Three Little Kittens; Two Fine Gentlemen; Gregory Griggs; Hey Diddle Diddle; Pop Goes the Weasel (Murray) Frere Jacques; Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star; There Was a ...
Historians believe the rhyme Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush refers to a tree that grew inside Wakefield Prison.
Because "All Around the Mulberry Bush" is an alternate title for "Pop Goes the Weasel." (It's the first line in the song.) Rangergordon 00:19, 24 August 2008 (UTC) Yes, but the first line All around the Mulberry Bush is a later American addition to what is a British nursery rhyme, so we should stick to originals here.