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"Tinker, Tailor" is a counting game, nursery rhyme and fortune telling song traditionally played in England, that can be used to count cherry stones, buttons, daisy petals and other items. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 802.
The rhyme is of a type calling out otherwise respectable people for disrespectable actions, in this case, ogling naked ladies – the maids. The nonsense "rub-a-dub-dub" develops a phonetic association of social disapprobation, analogous to "tsk-tsk", albeit of a more lascivious variety.
Tinker, Tailor is a counting game, nursery rhyme and fortune telling song. "Tinker, Tailor" may also refer to: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, a 1974 spy novel by John le Carré; Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, a 1979 TV adaptation of the novel; Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, a 2011 film adaptation of the novel
This is a list of songs by their Roud Folk Song Index number; the full catalogue can also be found on the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library website. Some publishers have added Roud numbers to books and liner notes, as has also been done with Child Ballad numbers and Laws numbers.
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Gary Oldman has been barred from reprising his Tinker Tailor Solder Spy role, the actor’s manager and frequent producing partner has claimed. The Harry Potter star, 66, led the 2011 film ...
"Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief" is a popular song published in 1945, with music by Hoagy Carmichael and lyrics by Paul Francis Webster.The title and lyrics are a play on the popular counting game "Tinker, Tailor."