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According to Peter and Iona Opie, the earliest version of this rhyme appeared in Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book (c. 1744), which recorded only the first four lines. The full version was included in Mother Goose's Melody (c. 1765).
The earliest recorded version of the rhyme is in Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book, published in London in May 1744, which uses the opening line: 'Hickere, Dickere Dock'. [1] The next recorded version in Mother Goose's Melody (c. 1765), uses 'Dickery, Dickery Dock'. [1]
Tommy Thumb's Song Book is the earliest known collection of British nursery rhymes, printed in 1744. No original copy has survived, but its content has been recovered from later reprints. No original copy has survived, but its content has been recovered from later reprints.
Although Tommy Thumb's Song Book is an older collection, no copies of its first printing have survived. The only other printed copies of nursery rhymes that predate the Pretty Song-Book are in the form of quotations and allusions, such as the half-dozen or so that appear in Henry Carey's 1725 satire on Ambrose Philips, Namby Pamby. [5]
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 ...
The oldest known version was first published in Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book (1744) with the lyrics that are shown here: Mistress Mary, Quite contrary, How does your garden grow?
Bob Chilcott's "London Bells", the third movement of his Songs and Cries of London Town (2001) is a setting for choir of the song's version from Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book. [ 13 ] Benjamin Till composed music based upon the nursery rhyme which was performed in 2009 at St Mary-le-Bow , London, to commemorate 150 years of the Palace of ...
The earliest record of the rhyme is in Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book, published in 1744, which noted only the first four verses.The extended version given below was not printed until c. 1770.