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According to Peter and Iona Opie, the earliest version of this rhyme appeared in Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book (c. 1744), which recorded only the first four lines. The full version was included in Mother Goose's Melody (c. 1765). [2] To 'sing for one's supper' was a proverbial phrase by the seventeenth century. [3]
Early version by Maud McKnight Lindsay (1874–1941), a teacher from Alabama and daughter of Robert B. Lindsay. Arthur o' Bower: United Kingdom 1805 [10] Evidence of a letter by William Wordsworth. A Wise Old Owl 'There was an owl lived in an oak, wisky, wasky, weedle.' United Kingdom 1875 [11] First published in Punch on April 10, 1875. A ...
"Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" is an English lullaby. The lyrics are from an early-19th-century English poem written by Jane Taylor, "The Star". [1] The poem, which is in couplet form, was first published in 1806 in Rhymes for the Nursery, a collection of poems by Taylor and her sister Ann.
Jack is a dog, in Denslow's version. The rhyme is first recorded in a manuscript of around 1815 and was collected by James Orchard Halliwell in the mid-nineteenth century. [1] Jumping candlesticks was a form of fortune telling and a sport. Good luck was said to be signalled by clearing a candle without extinguishing the flame. [1]
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]
The additional verses are first recorded in the earliest printed version in a version of Gammer Gurton's Garland or The Nursery Parnassus in 1810, published in London by Joseph Johnson. [3] The phrase "to play bo peep" was in use from the 14th century to refer to the punishment of being stood in a pillory.
Some nursery rhymes turn up in disguise: The Moon shines Bright, The Stars give a light, And you may kiss A pretty girl At ten a clock at night. This is an earlier version of: When I was a little boy My mammy kept me in, Now I am a great boy, I'm fit to serve the king. I can handle a musket, And I can smoke a pipe. And I can kiss a pretty girl
"If wishes were horses, beggars would ride" is a proverb and nursery rhyme, first recorded about 1628 in a collection of Scottish proverbs, [1] which suggests if wishing could make things happen, then even the most destitute people would have everything they wanted. [2] It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 20004.