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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. 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.
One, Two, Buckle My Shoe. by Traditional. Augustus Hoppin's illustration, published in New York, 1866. Genre (s) Nursery rhyme. Publication date. 1805. " One, Two, Buckle My Shoe " is a popular English language nursery rhyme and counting-out rhyme of which there are early occurrences in the US and UK. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 11284.
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star. " 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.
Illustration of the poem from the 1901 Book of Nursery Rhymes. This is one of many counting-out rhymes. It was first recorded in Mother Goose's Melody around 1765. Like most versions until the late 19th century, it had only the first stanza and dealt with a hare, not a fish, with the words: One, two, three, four and five, I caught a hare alive;
Nursery rhyme. Published. c. 1805. Songwriter (s) Traditional. " Little Bo-Peep " or " Little Bo-Peep has lost her sheep " is a popular English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 6487.
Rock a bye baby on the tree top, When the wind blows the cradle will rock, When the bough breaks the cradle will fall, And down will come baby, cradle and all. The rhyme is believed to have first appeared in print in Mother Goose 's Melody (London c. 1765), [2] possibly published by John Newbery, and which was reprinted in Boston in 1785. [3]
The song is also associated with the region, having been used by the supporters of Robert Shafto (sometimes spelt Shaftoe), who was an eighteenth-century British Member of Parliament (MP) for County Durham (c. 1730–97), and later the borough of Downton in Wiltshire. Supporters used another verse in the 1761 election: Bobby Shafto's looking out,
Jack and Jill. " Jack and Jill " (sometimes " Jack and Gill ", particularly in earlier versions) is a traditional English nursery rhyme. The Roud Folk Song Index classifies the commonest tune and its variations as number 10266, [1] although it has been set to several others. The original rhyme dates back to the 18th century and different ...