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Reduplication can convey emphasis or repetition, for example mate "die", matemate "die in numbers"; and de-emphasis, for example wera "hot" and werawera "warm". Reduplication can also extend the meaning of a word; for instance paki "pat" becomes papaki "slap or clap once" and pakipaki "applaud"; kimo "blink" becomes kikimo "close eyes firmly"
[6] [16] [17] A calypso sounding version was featured on the 1979 album John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together [18] and a loose, jazzy piano-based arrangement was featured in the musical score of A Charlie Brown Christmas. [19] The rhyme also became the basis for the song "Christmas Is a-Comin'", written by Frank Luther and performed ...
The first recorded instance of the rhyme is in Newest Christmas Box, printed in London in 1797. I'm a Little Teapot: United States 1939 [50] Originally written by George Harry Sanders and Clarence Z. Kelley and published in 1939. I've Been Working On The Railroad 'Working on the Railroad' or 'I Have Been Working on the Railroad' United States ...
[14] [15] These rhymes seem to have come from a variety of sources, including traditional riddles, proverbs, ballads, lines of Mummers' plays, drinking songs, historical events, and, it has been suggested, ancient pagan rituals. [3] One example of a nursery rhyme in the form of a riddle is "As I was going to St Ives", which dates to 1730. [16]
"Upside Down" is a song written, co-produced, and performed by Jack Johnson for the 2006 animated film Curious George. It is the first track and first single from the soundtrack album Sing-A-Longs and Lullabies for the Film Curious George, which was released in February 2006 (same month as theaters).
"Curious George Meets The Press": In the country, George and the Man are helping to harvest the Renkins' apples, but when Jumpy finds an apple he thinks is "Perfect" George tries to hide it and winds up making apple cider with Mr. Renkins' apple press. Note: The title is somewhat confusing as the episode isn't about George meeting a press ...
A video of an Atlanta teacher's first day of school went viral after she delivered a superior performance of a Busta Rhymes rap, which the hip-hop icon himself couldn't help but applaud.
On the first day of Christmas, my true love sent (or "gave") to me A partridge in a pear tree. On the second day of Christmas my true love sent to me Two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree. On the third day of Christmas, my true love sent to me Three french hens, two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree.