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"Oranges and Lemons" is a traditional English nursery rhyme, folksong, and singing game which refers to the bells of several churches, all within or close to the City of London. It is listed in the Roud Folk Song Index as No 13190.
Oranges and Lemons: Great Britain 1744 [75] First mentioned in Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book. Pat-a-Cake, Pat-a-Cake, Baker's Man "Pat-a-cake", "patty-cake" or "pattycake" England 1698 [76] This rhyme first appears in Thomas D'Urfey's play The Campaigners from 1698. Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater: Great Britain 1797 [77]
St Mary-le-Bow is widely known for its bells, which also feature in the nursery rhyme 'Oranges and Lemons'. [3] According to legend, Dick Whittington heard the bells calling him back to the city in 1392, leading him to become Lord Mayor. Traditionally, anyone born within earshot of the bells was considered to be a true Londoner, or Cockney. [1]
St Clement Eastcheap considers itself to be the church referred to in the nursery rhyme that begins "Oranges and lemons / Say the bells of St Clement's". So too does St Clement Danes Church, Westminster, whose bells ring out the traditional tune of the nursery rhyme three times a day.
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 ...
My Very Favourite Nursery Rhymes is an album by Tim Hart and Friends. By 1981 both Tim Hart and Maddy Prior had children, so it was appropriate to create an album of children's songs. The treatment is very light and poppy. The clever use of synthesisers makes it seems as if there is a whole orchestra present at times. Tim takes the lead on most ...
T. Taffy was a Welshman; There Was a Crooked Man; There Was a Man in Our Town; There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe; There Was an Old Woman Who Lived Under a Hill
The band name "Oranges and Lemons" was initially recommended by a former member of the group.Apparently the band was not aware at the time that the name was actually derived from a British nursery rhyme and a title of an album by the British band XTC.