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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. 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'.

  4. Miss Polly Had a Dolly - Wikipedia

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    Miss Polly Had a Dolly" is a popular nursery rhyme and children's song about a little girl named Miss Polly and a little dolly who was sick and calls the doctor to come and help. [2] The song was published as early as 1986 by Maureen Sinclair in Glasgow Scotland. [1]

  5. The Muffin Man - Wikipedia

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    Sheet music for Harry King's setting of the song performed by Dan Leno (1889) "The Muffin Man" is a traditional nursery rhyme, children's song, or children's game of English origin. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 7922.

  6. 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.

  7. Pease Porridge Hot - Wikipedia

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    Children playing Pease Porridge Hot. [6]Schoolchildren often play Pease Porridge Hot by pairing off and clapping their hands together to the rhyme as follows: . Pease (clap both hands to thighs) porridge (clap own hands together) hot (clap partner's hands),

  8. 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.

  9. Nursery rhyme - Wikipedia

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    From the later Middle Ages, there are records of short children's rhyming songs, often as marginalia. [8] From the mid-16th century, they began to be recorded in English plays. [2] "Pat-a-cake" is one of the oldest surviving English nursery rhymes. The earliest recorded version of the rhyme appears in Thomas d'Urfey's play The Campaigners from ...