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Other variants include "down the mouse ran" [2] or "down the mouse run" [3] or "and down he ran" or "and down he run" in place of "the mouse ran down". Other variants have non-sequential numbers, for example starting with "The clock struck ten, The mouse ran down" instead of the traditional "one".
scan of Tommy Thumb's pretty song book. Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song-Book is the oldest extant anthology of English nursery rhymes, published in London in 1744.It contains the oldest printed texts of many well-known and popular rhymes, as well as several that eventually dropped out of the canon of rhymes for children.
A later book in the English-to-French genre is N'Heures Souris Rames (Nursery Rhymes), published in 1980 by Ormonde de Kay. [6] It contains some forty nursery rhymes, among which are Coucou doux de Ledoux (Cock-A-Doodle-Doo), Signe, garçon. Neuf Sikhs se pansent (Sing a Song of Sixpence) and Hâte, carrosse bonzes (Hot Cross Buns).
Included in Robert Chambers' Popular Rhymes of Scotland from 1842. Hot Cross Buns: Great Britain 1767 [43] This originated as an English street cry that was later perpetuated as a nursery rhyme. The words closest to the rhyme that has survived were printed in 1767. Humpty Dumpty: Great Britain 1797 [44]
Hickory Dickory Dock is a popular English nursery rhyme. Hickory Dickory Dock may also refer to: Hickory Dickory Dock, a detective fiction novel by Agatha Christie "Hickory Dickory Dock", an episode of Teletubbies
This is nevertheless one of her most tenuous links to the original nursery rhyme, consisting of little more than the name of a road and an allusion being "in the dock," i.e. on trial. (“‘Hickory, dickory, dock,’ said Nigel, ‘the mouse ran up the clock. The police said, “Boo,” I wonder who, will eventually stand in the Dock?’”).
A version of this rhyme, together with music (in a minor key), was published in Deuteromelia or The Seconde part of Musicks melodie (1609). [3] The editor of the book, and possible author of the rhyme, [4] was Thomas Ravenscroft. [1] The original lyrics are: Three Blinde Mice, Three Blinde Mice, Dame Iulian, Dame Iulian, the Miller and his ...
Derek McCulloch, as Uncle Mac – Nursery Rhymes (No. 4) (His Master's Voice, 7EG 8487). This is a 7-inch extended play record. The year of issue is not known, but McCulloch died in 1967. Mike Sammes, as The Michael Sammes Singers – Nursery Rhyme Toys (HMV Junior, 7EG 108). This is a 7-inch extended play record issued in 1959.