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1 Lyrics. 2 Origins and meaning. 3 References. Toggle the table of contents. Little Boy Blue. Add languages. ... "Little Boy Blue" is an English-language nursery rhyme.
"Little Boy Blue" is a poem by Eugene Field about the death of a child, a sentimental but beloved theme in 19th-century poetry. Contrary to popular belief, the poem is not about the death of Field's son, who died several years after its publication. Field once admitted that the words "Little Boy Blue" occurred to him when he needed a rhyme for ...
"Two Little Boys" is a sentimental song about two friends who grow up to be soldiers. Recorded as early as 1903 in the United States, it became an international hit for Australian Rolf Harris 66 years later.
It tells the story of Boy Blue, a war hero returning from a far-off war and the rapturous welcome he receives from his town folk. [4] The chorus is made up of the town folk singing "Hey, Boy Blue is back." [4] Boy Blue rebuffs the hero worship and declares his hatred of war, stating his refusal to ever “take up arms again”. [7] [4]
"Silly Boy Blue" is a song written and recorded by the English singer-songwriter David Bowie. Originally demoed in 1965 as a mod-influenced track about a teenage runaway, it was revised in 1966 with new lyrics and released on Bowie's self-titled debut album in June 1967.
Among the gay artists who have embraced The Blue Boy as a symbol of gay emancipation are Robert Lambert (a member of Les Petites Bon-Bons), Howard Kottler, and Léopold Foulem. [13] The Blue Boy was temporarily loaned to the National Gallery, London, and placed on view on 25 January 2022, a century to the day since it left the UK in 1922. It ...
And just to underline it, Christy Moore ousted "Newton and Seale" from the original lyrics to make room for Patsy O'Hara, the INLA man who also died in the hunger strikes. The song was an all-embracing call to revolution, railing against the "boys in blue" and various other enemies of freedom.
"Boy Blue" is a pop song written by Cyndi Lauper, Stephen Broughton Lunt, and Jeff Bova for Lauper's second album, True Colors (1986). It was released as the album's fourth single in 1987 (see 1987 in music). The single version is a remix. Charting at #71 on the Hot 100. Proceeds from the sale of the single were donated to AIDS organizations.