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  2. List of nursery rhymes - Wikipedia

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    The terms "nursery rhyme" and "children's song" emerged in the 1820s, although this type of children's literature previously existed with different names such as Tommy Thumb Songs and Mother Goose Songs. [1] The first known book containing a collection of these texts was Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book, which was published by Mary Cooper in 1744 ...

  3. Nursery rhyme - Wikipedia

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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]

  4. Baa, Baa, Black Sheep - Wikipedia

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    The rhyme is a single stanza in trochaic metre, common in nursery rhymes and relatively easy for younger children. [2] The Roud Folk Song Index classifies the song as 4439; variants have been collected across Great Britain and North America. [3]

  5. Monday's Child - Wikipedia

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    "Monday's Child" is one of many fortune-telling songs, popular as nursery rhymes for children. It is supposed to tell a child's character or future from their day of birth and to help young children remember the seven days of the week. As with many such rhymes, there are several variants. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19526.

  6. One for Sorrow (nursery rhyme) - Wikipedia

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    The English band The Unthanks recorded a version of this song on their 2015 album Mount the Air, [16] and the song appeared in the BBC series Detectorists, and the 4th season of the HBO series True Detective. The American alternative rock band The Innocence Mission featured a song called "One for Sorrow, Two for Joy" on their 2003 album Befriended.

  7. Pussy Cat Pussy Cat - Wikipedia

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    The melody commonly associated with the rhyme was first noted by the composer and nursery rhyme collector James William Elliott in his National Nursery Rhymes and Nursery Songs (1870). [3] For the original version, there is no 'do' in 'what did you there'.

  8. Children's song - Wikipedia

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    A children's song may be a nursery rhyme set to music, a song that children invent and share among themselves or a modern creation intended for entertainment, use in the home or education. Although children's songs have been recorded and studied in some cultures more than others, they appear to be universal in human society.

  9. See Saw Margery Daw - Wikipedia

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    "See Saw Margery Daw" is an English language nursery rhyme, folk song and playground singing game. The rhyme first appeared in its modern form in Mother Goose's Melody, published in London in around 1765. [1] It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 13028.