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Rock-a-bye Baby 'Hush a bye Baby', 'Rock a Bye Baby on the treetop' Great Britain c. 1765 [141] Round and Round the Garden: United Kingdom c. 1945 [142] See Saw Margery Daw: Great Britain c. 1765 [143] Taffy was a Welshman: Great Britain c. 1780 [144] This Little Piggy 'This Little Pig' Great Britain c. 1760 [145] Three Wise Men of Gotham
Miss Polly Had a Dolly" is a popular nursery rhyme and children's song about a little girl named Miss Polly and a little dolly who was sick and calls the doctor to come and help. [2] The song was published as early as 1986 by Maureen Sinclair in Glasgow Scotland.
The melody commonly associated with the rhyme was first noted by the composer and nursery rhyme collector James William Elliott in his National Nursery Rhymes and Nursery Songs (1870). [3] For the original version, there is no 'do' in 'what did you there'.
"Monday's Child" is one of many fortune-telling songs, popular as nursery rhymes for children. It is supposed to tell a child's character or future from their day of birth and to help young children remember the seven days of the week. As with many such rhymes, there are several variants. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19526.
The additional lines that include (arguably) the more acceptable ending for children with the survival of the cat are in James Orchard Halliwell's Nursery Rhymes of England, where the cat is pulled out by "Dog with long snout". [3] Several names are used for the malevolent Johnny Green, including Tommy O' Linne (1797) and Tommy Quin (c. 1840). [1]
"Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" is an English lullaby. The lyrics are from an early-19th-century English poem written by Jane Taylor, "The Star". [1] The poem, which is in couplet form, was first published in 1806 in Rhymes for the Nursery, a collection of poems by Taylor and her sister Ann.
1 Lyrics. 2 Origins and meaning. 3 References. Toggle the table of contents ... "Little Boy Blue" is an English-language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index ...
Lyrics and illustration for Lavender's Blue in The Baby's Opera A book of old Rhymes and The Music by the Earliest Masters "Lavender's Blue" emerged as a children's song in Songs for the Nursery in 1805 in the form: Lavender blue and Rosemary green, When I am king you shall be queen; Call up my maids at four o'clock,