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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: One, two, three, four and five, I caught a hare alive; Six, seven, eight, nine and ten, I let him go again. [1] The modern version is derived from three variations collected by Henry Bolton in the 1880s from America. [1]
The terms "nursery rhyme" and "children's song" emerged in the 1820s, although this type of children's literature previously existed with different names such as Tommy Thumb Songs and Mother Goose Songs. [1] The first known book containing a collection of these texts was Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book, which was published by Mary Cooper in 1744 ...
1234 (Feist song) " 1234 " is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Feist from her third studio album, The Reminder. The song was co-written by Feist and Sally Seltmann, an Australian singer-songwriter who also recorded under the stage name New Buffalo. [ 1] It remains Feist's biggest hit single in the US to date, and her only song to chart on ...
One, Two, Buckle My Shoe. by Traditional. Augustus Hoppin's illustration, published in New York, 1866. Genre (s) Nursery rhyme. Publication date. 1805. " One, Two, Buckle My Shoe " is a popular English language nursery rhyme and counting-out rhyme of which there are early occurrences in the US and UK. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 11284.
The song was published in various places through the decades following the late 1960s, including a volume of "constructive recreational activities" for children (1957), [2] a book of drama projects for disabled children (1967), [3] and a nursing home manual (1966). [4] In 1971, Jonico Music filed for copyright on the song, crediting it to Joe ...
It has been described as the country's "unofficial national anthem". [ 1] The title was Australian slang for travelling on foot (waltzing) with one's belongings in a "matilda" ( swag) slung over one's back. [ 2] The song narrates the story of an itinerant worker, or "swagman", boiling a billy at a bush camp and capturing a stray jumbuck (sheep ...
The music video for the song premiered on the MySpace main page January 16, 2009 [3] and was subsequently released on MTV, MTVU, VH1, Fuse, Music Choice and YouTube. [4] [5] [6] It found success on the weekly VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown, charting over five months straight between January and May, peaking at #5.
Ballard's version was a moderate hit, peaking at number 28 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1960. [2] On the US Billboard Hot R&B Sides chart, the original version of "The Twist" first peaked at number 16 in 1959 and at number six in 1960. [3] By 1962, the record sold in excess of one million copies, becoming Ballard's fourth million seller. [4]