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John Denver wrote the lyrics and co-wrote the music for "Rocky Mountain High", adopted by Colorado in 2007 as one of the state's two official state songs, [2] and co-wrote both lyrics and music for "Take Me Home, Country Roads", adopted by West Virginia in 2014 as one of four official state songs. [3]
The rhyme is thought by some commentators to have originated as a counting-out rhyme. [1] Westmorland shepherds in the nineteenth century used the numbers Hevera (8), Devera (9) and Dick (10) which are from the language Cumbric. [1] The rhyme is thought to have been based on the astronomical clock at Exeter Cathedral. The clock has a small hole ...
"One, Two, Buckle My Shoe" "One, Two, Three, Four, Five" "On Top of Old Smokey" "Fast Food Song" (a song using the names of several fast food franchises) "Popeye the Sailor Man" (theme song from the 20th-century cartoon series) "Ring Around the Rosie" "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" "Sea Lion Woman" "See Saw Margery Daw" "Singing To The Bus Driver"
The Opies have argued for an identification of the original Bobby Shafto with a resident of Hollybrook, County Wicklow, Ireland, who died in 1737. [1] However, the tune derives from the earlier "Brave Willie Forster", found in the Henry Atkinson manuscript from the 1690s, [3] and the William Dixon manuscript, from the 1730s, both from north-east England; besides these early versions, there are ...
State Songs is a concept album released by John Linnell (of They Might Be Giants) in 1999.It was Linnell's third solo project and first full solo album. It consists of tracks that are named after, and are at least partially inspired by, 15 of the 50 U.S. states.
The phrase was also used as the title and in the main hook, with altered lyrics, for the song "One for the Money" by American rock band Escape the Fate. The phrase has also been used by Argentinian rapper Dillom in his song "PELOTUDA" from the album Post mortem. [5] The phrase was also used in the song "Give it to Me" by Agust D. [6]
Sometimes known as “sour grapes” laws, sore loser restrictions keep failed primary election candidates, for local, state, and federal offices, from appearing on general election ballots ...
The song is loosely based on "Solomon Grundy", the 19th-century children's nursery rhyme. It appeared on their 1969 Digging The Foundations album that featured the hit single " In the Bad Bad Old Days (Before You Loved Me) ", and it was the B side of their minor American hit single " My Little Chickadee ".