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"Apple Pie ABC" is an old and enduring English alphabet rhyme for children which has gone through several variations since the 17th century. Its educational function is to describe the interaction of children with the pie in alphabetical order, placing it at the very start of The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes. [1]
This rhyme was first recorded in A. E. Bray's Traditions of Devonshire (Volume II, pp. 287–288). Needles and Pins: United Kingdom 1842 [69] First recorded in the proverbs section of James Orchard Halliwell's The Nursery Rhymes of England. Old King Cole: Great Britain 1709 [70]
T. Taffy was a Welshman; Teletubbies say "Eh-oh!" Ten German Bombers; Ten Green Bottles; There Was a Crooked Man; There Was a Man in Our Town; There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
"Oranges and Lemons" is a traditional English nursery rhyme, folksong, and singing game which refers to the bells of several churches, all within or close to the City of London. It is listed in the Roud Folk Song Index as No 13190.
The melody is from a 1761 French music book and is also used in other nursery rhymes like "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star", while the author of the lyrics is unknown. Songs set to the same melody are also used to teach the alphabets of other languages.
The following verses replace most or all vowels with one given vowel sound (the letters A, E, I, O, and U, except for "Y" (which is sometimes a vowel or consonant).It is usually each of the long vowels sounds of a (/eɪ/), e (/iː/), i (/aɪ/), o (/oʊ/), and u (/uː/), although potentially any English vowel can be used.
A nursery rhyme is a traditional poem or song for children in Britain and other European countries, but usage of the term dates only from the late 18th/early 19th century. The term Mother Goose rhymes is interchangeable with nursery rhymes. [1] From the mid-16th century nursery rhymes began to be recorded in English plays, and most popular ...
All the nursery rhymes in the land have gotten mixed up, with none of the inhabitants possessing the items necessary for their rhyme to exist. And so, the child will find themselves helping Humpty Dumpty find a ladder to scramble onto a wall, bringing the little lamb back to Mary and seeking out a pail for Jack and Jill , among others.