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The title of the song can be translated as "The Balsam Flowers". [3] The song is an Okinawan children's song; Okinawan children would squeeze the sap from balsam flowers to stain their fingernails as a way to ward off evil. [4] [5] [6] The lyrics of the song are Confucian teachings.
"The ABC Song" was first copyrighted in 1835 by Boston music publisher Charles Bradlee. 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.
This tune was first arranged for the hymn by Martin Shaw in 1916, published in his book for children, Song Time. [17] This arrangement became widely associated with the hymn after it was included in Songs of Praise (hymnal). There have also been other adaptations, such as a full choral piece by John Rutter.
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The rhyme has been seen as having religious and historical significance, but its origins and meaning are disputed. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19626. Lyrics
[7] [8] Chiu was touched, and he decided to rewrite the lyrics of "Spring", wrote the story into Teng's music, that is "The Torment of a Flower". [9] It is the first collaborative work between Teng and Chiu. Especially, there was usually three part lyrics in Taiwanese Hokkien songs then, but there are four parts in "The Torment of a Flower ...
"The Wheels on the Bus" is an American folk song written by Verna Hills (1898–1990). The earliest known publishing of the lyrics is the December 1937 issue of American Childhood, [1] originally called "The Bus", with the lyrics being "The wheels of the bus", with each verse ending in lines relevant to what the verse spoke of, as opposed to the current standard "all through the town" (or "all ...
The lyrics here feature a similar refrain of "Rise and Shine and Give God the Glory, Glory," which is used in the Arky camp song. Rise and Shine (And Give God Your Glory, Glory) also known as The Arky, Arky Song (Children of the Lord) is a humorous children's camp song about Noah's Ark.