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Illustration by Beatrix Potter in Cecily Parsley's Nursery Rhymes (1922). The earliest recorded version of this rhyme is in Gammer Gurton's Garland or The Nursery Parnassus published in London in 1784. Like most early versions of the rhyme it does not include the last four lines:
1 Lyrics. 2 Origins. 3 References. Toggle the table of contents ... Dumpling, My Son John" is an English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number ...
London Bridge Is Falling Down", another English nursery rhyme that plays a similar game to "Oranges and Lemons". [17] "The Bells of Rhymney", a similar song about church bells, although in Wales as opposed to London and also telling the story of labour disputes in the mining industry. The stanzas follow the pattern of "Oranges and Lemons". [18]
Included in Robert Chambers' Popular Rhymes of Scotland from 1842. Hot Cross Buns: Great Britain 1767 [43] This originated as an English street cry that was later perpetuated as a nursery rhyme. The words closest to the rhyme that has survived were printed in 1767. Humpty Dumpty: Great Britain 1797 [44]
"Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary" is an English nursery rhyme. 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.
The full rhyme continued to appear, with slight variations, in many late 18th- and early 19th-century collections. Until the mid-20th century, the lines referred to "little pigs". [4] It was the eighth most popular nursery rhyme in a 2009 survey in the United Kingdom. [6]
"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 from Marks's Edition of Nursery Rhymes (published between 1835 and 1857) "Hark, Hark!The Dogs Do Bark" is an English nursery rhyme.Its origins are uncertain and researchers have attributed it to various dates ranging from the late 11th century to the early 18th century.