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A literary variation on the rhyme was written by Caroline Anne Southey, published under the pseudonym "C." early in the 19th century. [16] The nine-stanza poem appeared in an 1827 issue of Blackwood's Magazine. [17] Titled "To The Lady Bird", the first stanza reads Lady-bird, Lady-bird, fly away home, The field mouse is gone to her nest,
Alan Lomax recorded Hobart Smith from Saltville, Virginia performing Cuckoo Bird in 1942, and he claimed to have learned it from a man named John Greer in the early 1910s. [17] He also recorded Jean Ritchie from Viper, Kentucky singing The Cuckoo is a Pretty Bird in New York in 1949. [18]
Theme from. New York, New York. " Theme from New York, New York ", often abbreviated to just " New York, New York ", is the theme song from the Martin Scorsese musical film New York, New York (1977), composed by John Kander, with lyrics by Fred Ebb. Liza Minnelli performs the song in the climax of the film.
The earliest recorded version of the rhyme appears in Thomas D'Urfey's play The Campaigners from 1698, where a nurse says to her charges: ...and pat a cake Bakers man, so I will master as I can, and prick it, and prick it, and prick it, and prick it, and prick it, and throw't into the Oven.
Anonymous broadside, Angus, Newcastle, 1774–1825. "The Twelve Days of Christmas" is a cumulative song, meaning that each verse is built on top of the previous verses. There are twelve verses, each describing a gift given by "my true love" on one of the twelve days of Christmas. There are many variations in the lyrics.
According to Games and Songs of American Children, published in 1883, the "rosie" was a reference to the French word for rose tree and the children would dance and stoop to the person in the center. [7] Variations, especially more literal ones, were identified and noted with the literal falling down that would sever the connections to the game ...
Ya Got Trouble. " Ya Got Trouble " is a patter song by Meredith Willson from the 1957 Broadway musical The Music Man, and its 1962 filmed version. It is one of the most popular and recognizable songs in the musical, and Robert Preston 's performance in the film is admired. Willson considered eliminating a long piece of dialogue from his draft ...