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Iona and Peter Opie, pioneers of the academic study of children's culture, divided children's songs into two classes: those taught to children by adults, which when part of a traditional culture they saw as nursery rhymes, and those that children taught to each other, which formed part of the independent culture of childhood. [2]
"Five Little Monkeys Sitting in a Tree" variant in both English and Spanish. "Five Little Monkeys" is an English-language nursery rhyme, children's song, folk song and fingerplay of American origin. It is usually accompanied by a sequence of gestures that mimic the words of the song.
Originally titled "Anywhere the Bluebird Goes", [2] the melody was written by Sam H. Stept as an updated version of the nineteenth-century English folk song "Long, Long Ago". [3] Lew Brown and Charles Tobias wrote the lyrics and the song debuted in the 1939 Broadway musical Yokel Boy. After the United States entered the war in December 1941 ...
Sat upon a tree, Up went the Pussy-Cat, And down went he; Down came Pussy-Cat, Away Robin ran, Says little Robin Redbreast— Catch me if you can. Little Robin Redbreast jumped upon a wall, Pussy-Cat jumped after him, and almost got a fall. Little Robin chirped and sung, and what did pussy say? Pussy-Cat said Mew, mew mew,—and Robin jumped ...
"A Tree in the Meadow" is a popular song. It was written by Billy Reid, and the song was published in 1948. The songwriter, orchestra leader Billy Reid, recorded the first version in the United Kingdom, with Dorothy Squires as vocalist. It was recorded on 9 January 1948, and released by Parlophone Records as catalog number R-3092. [1]
"Kookaburra" (also known by its first line: "Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree") is an Australian nursery rhyme and round about the laughing kookaburra. It was written by Marion Sinclair (9 October 1896 – 15 February 1988) in 1932.
The German medieval/rock crossover group Schelmish wrote a German version of The Three Ravens lyrics, also titled Rabenballade (Raven's Ballad). The German group Subway to Sally wrote the song Krähenfraß (Food for the Crows), also based on the Twa Corbies version and using a very similar melody, but with even more sinister lyrics. This ...
Sitting Pretty [1] A Desert Island: Jerome Kern Guy Bolton: 1924: Sitting Pretty [1] Down Here in Greenwich Village: Jerome Kern Clifford Grey: 1920: Sally [15] Down on the Banks of the Subway: Armand Vecsey: 1919: The Rose of China [12] Dreams: Rudolph Friml Clifford Grey: 1928: The Three Musketeers [2] The Enchanted Train: Jerome Kern: 1924 ...