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Caption reads "Here we go round the Mulberry Bush" in The Baby's Opera A book of old Rhymes and The Music by the Earliest Masters, 1877. Artwork by Walter Crane. "Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush" (also titled "Mulberry Bush" or "This Is the Way") is an English nursery rhyme and singing game. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 7882.
The meaning of the fifth verse is more elusive. [5] Here, "monkey" may refer to the slang use of the word for money worries, as in "monkey on your back". [citation needed] To be chased by the monkey could mean having money troubles—one way out was to pawn your coat.
Mulberry Bush may refer to: The nursery rhyme Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush; Pop Goes the Weasel, which references a mulberry bush in at least one verse of the song. Mulberry Bush School, an independent residential special school in Standlake, Oxfordshire
Historians believe the rhyme Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush refers to a tree that grew inside Wakefield Prison.
Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush 'Mulberry Bush', 'This Is the Way', 'This is the way (we)' England c. 1750 [126] While the tune is from The Beggar's Opera, this was adapted into a children's game in the mid-nineteenth century. [127] Hey Diddle Diddle 'Hi Diddle Diddle', 'The Cat and the Fiddle', 'The Cow Jumped Over the Moon' Great Britain
"Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush" is a single by Traffic. [1] It is the title song to the film of the same name, and features all four members of Traffic singing a joint lead, though the bridge and parts of the chorus have Steve Winwood singing unaccompanied. The single uses an edited version of the song, with the intro removed.
Bill Haley & His Comets recorded "Stop Beatin' Round the Mulberry Bush" in 1953. [41] Bing Crosby included "Pop Goes the Weasel" in a medley on his 1961 album 101 Gang Songs. [42] in 1961, British singer Anthony Newley reached number 12 on the UK singles chart with his version of the song. [43]
The nursery rhyme "Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush" uses the tree in the refrain, as do some contemporary American versions of the nursery rhyme "Pop Goes the Weasel". [citation needed] Vincent van Gogh featured the mulberry tree in some of his paintings, notably Mulberry Tree (Mûrier, 1889, now in Pasadena's Norton Simon Museum). He ...