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The terms "nursery rhyme" and "children's song" emerged in the 1820s, although this type of children's literature previously existed with different names such as Tommy Thumb Songs and Mother Goose Songs. [1] The first known book containing a collection of these texts was Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book, which was published by Mary Cooper in 1744 ...
Three Little Kittens. " Three Little Kittens " is an English language nursery rhyme, probably with roots in the British folk tradition. The rhyme as published today however is a sophisticated piece usually attributed to American poet Eliza Lee Cabot Follen (1787–1860). With the passage of time, the poem has been absorbed into the Mother Goose ...
The cover of L. Leslie Brooke's Ring O' Roses (1922) shows nursery rhyme characters performing the game It is unknown what the earliest wording of the rhyme was or when it began. Many versions of the game have a group of children form a ring, dance in a circle around a person, and stoop or curtsy with the final line.
Old MacDonald Had a Farm. " Old MacDonald Had a Farm " (sometimes shortened to Old MacDonald) is a traditional children's song and nursery rhyme about a farmer and the various animals he keeps. Each verse of the song changes the name of the animal and its respective noise. For example, if the verse uses a cow as the animal, then "moo" would be ...
Hickory Dickory Dock. "Hickory Dickory Dock". Illustration by William Wallace Denslow, from a 1901 Mother Goose collection. Nursery rhyme. Published. c. 1744. Songwriter (s) Traditional. " Hickory Dickory Dock " or " Hickety Dickety Dock " is a popular English-language nursery rhyme.
Eeny, meeny, miny, moe. Illustration from A Book of Nursery Rhymes (1901). " Eeny, meeny, miny, moe " – which can be spelled a number of ways – is a children's counting-out rhyme, used to select a person in games such as tag, or for selecting various other things. It is one of a large group of similar rhymes in which the child who is ...
Caldecott Honor. Book of Nursery and Mother Goose Rhymes is a 1954 picture book written and illustrated by Marguerite de Angeli. The book is a collection of Mother Goose rhymes accompanied by illustrations. The book was a recipient of a 1955 Caldecott Honor for its illustrations. [1]
Illustration by William Wallace Denslow. Nursery rhyme. Published. c. 1765. Songwriter (s) Traditional. " Hey Diddle Diddle " (also " Hi Diddle Diddle ", " The Cat and the Fiddle ", or " The Cow Jumped Over the Moon ") is an English nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19478. [1]