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The lyrics have been translated from English into other languages and modified slightly to fit rhythmic and cultural requirements. In most languages below, it is still sung as a children's song to the same tune. In Afrikaans the song is called Ou Oom Klasie het 'n plaas (meaning "Old Uncle Claus has a farm"). [13]
The lyrics were written by Angelika Ortiz, who initially used the past tense phrasing in her draft. After receiving feedback, she revised the lyrics to the present tense, explaining that it better allowed listeners to feel the meaning of the song in the moment.
The song is an adaptation of the Hebrew Passover song "Chad Gadya" and follows the same cumulative structure of "This is the House That Jack Built". It is referenced in the 1987 Go-Betweens song "The House That Jack Kerouac Built" from their album Tallulah. It is cited on Roger Waters's 1987 album Radio K.A.O.S., during the music named "Home".
This irregularity is common in folk songs when litany-like prose texts are set to music. Familiar songs that use this effect are significantly stronger than that with a relatively simple three-bar song, examples like "Backe, backe Kuchen" include " Der Bauer schickt den Jockel aus [ de ] " or the Christmas carol " The Twelve Days of Christmas ".
"As I was going by Charing Cross" (sometimes referred to as "As I was going to Charing Cross"), is an English language nursery rhyme. The rhyme was first recorded in the 1840s, but it may have older origins in street cries and verse of the seventeenth century.
Jack is a dog, in Denslow's version. The rhyme is first recorded in a manuscript of around 1815 A.D. and was collected by James Orchard Halliwell in the mid-nineteenth century. [1]
Before Chester Bennington died by suicide in 2017, the Linkin Park frontman spent months fighting his urge to drink.. In It Starts With One: The Legend and Legacy of Linkin Park, out Oct. 1 from ...
"I'm on my way (and I won't turn back)" is a traditional Gospel song. [1] It is described a typical "going-to-Canaan" song; and possibly an Underground Railroad song.[2]The lyrics begin "I'm on my way and I won't turn back, I'm on my way and I won't turn back, I'm on my way and I won't turn back; I'm on my way, great God, I'm on my way.