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  2. Humpty Dumpty - Wikipedia

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    Humpty Dumpty is a character in an English nursery rhyme, probably originally a riddle and one of the best known in the English-speaking world. He is typically portrayed as an anthropomorphic egg , though he is not explicitly described as such.

  3. Five Little Monkeys - Wikipedia

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    "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. Each successive verse sequentially counts down from the starting number. [1] [2] [3]

  4. Jabberwocky - Wikipedia

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    Humpty Dumpty who explains to Alice the definitions of some of the words in "Jabberwocky". Illustration by John Tenniel, 1871. Though the poem contains many nonsensical words, English syntax and poetic forms are observed, such as the quatrain verses, the general ABAB rhyme scheme and the iambic meter. [30]

  5. List of nursery rhymes - Wikipedia

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    The words closest to the rhyme that has survived were printed in 1767. Humpty Dumpty: Great Britain 1797 [44] The earliest known version was published in Samuel Arnold's Juvenile Amusements in 1797 [44] Hush Little Baby 'Hush Little baby, don't say a word' United States 1918 [45]

  6. All of Taylor Swift’s Literary References: From Her Debut to ...

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    “The Archer” from Lover quotes the classic nursery rhyme “Humpty Dumpty” with the lyrics, “All the king’s horses, all the king’s men / Couldn’t put me together again.” ‘The ...

  7. Nursery rhyme - Wikipedia

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    The more recent campaign is more likely, but the first record is very late. The song may be based on a song about the king of France. [28] "Hickory Dickory Dock" Exeter Cathedral astronomical clock: 1744 (Britain) In the 17th century, the clock had a small hole in the door below the face for the resident cat to hunt mice. [29] "Humpty Dumpty"

  8. Humpty Dumpty really does fall off the wall at amusement park

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    On Saturday in Turner, Oregon, a statue of nursery rhyme character Humpty Dumpty took a tumble off a wall at the Enchanted Forest amusement park. Talk about life imitating art ... or perhaps life ...

  9. Unbirthday - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] The concept gave rise to "The Unbirthday Song" in the 1951 animated feature film Alice in Wonderland. [3] In Through the Looking-Glass, Humpty Dumpty is wearing a cravat (which Alice at first mistakes for a belt) which he says was given to him as an "un-birthday present" by the White King and Queen. He then has Alice calculate the ...