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Included in Nurse Truelove's New-Year's-Gift, or the Book of Books for Children, printed in London in 1755. This Old Man: Several other titles... [h] United Kingdom 1906 [107] The origins of this song are obscure and possibly very old. The "first recorded" date refers to an early published version. Three Blind Mice: England 1609 [108]
Best poems for kids Between nursery rhymes, storybooks (especially Dr. Seuss), and singalongs, children are surrounded by poetry every single day without even realizing. Besides just bringing joy ...
The doctor called the nurse. The nurse called the lady With the alligator purse. Out ran the doctor. Out ran the nurse. Out ran the lady With the alligator purse.* And now Tiny Tim Is home sick in bed, With soap in his throat And bubbles in his head. (Also: "With a baby in her purse.") Britain (1970s) [5] The Johnsons had a baby
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Other stanzas describe what babies, young men, young women, sailors, soldiers, nurses, fathers, mothers, old men, old women, and all folks are made of. According to Iona and Peter Opie , this first appears in a manuscript by the English poet Robert Southey (1774–1843), who added the stanzas other than the two below. [ 1 ]
This rhyme was first recorded in A. E. Bray's Traditions of Devonshire (Volume II, pp. 287–288) [2] in 1836 and was later collected by James Orchard Halliwell in the mid-19th century, varying the final lines to "The child that's born on Christmas Day/ Is fair and wise, good and gay."
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The oldest children's songs for which records exist are lullabies, intended to help a child fall asleep. Lullabies can be found in every human culture. [4] The English term lullaby is thought to come from "lu, lu" or "la la" sounds made by mothers or nurses to calm children, and "by by" or "bye bye", either another lulling sound or a term for a good night. [5]