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"Sweet Violets" is an American song that contains classic example of a "censored rhyme", where the expected rhyme of each couplet is replaced with a surprising word which segues into the next couplet or chorus. For example, the first couplets go:
The rhyme was first printed in 1820 by James Hogg in Jacobite Reliques. Apple Pie ABC: United Kingdom 1871 [7] Edward Lear made fun of the original rhyme in his nonsense parody "A was once an apple pie". Akka bakka bonka rakka: Norway: 1901 [8] Nora Kobberstad's Norsk Lekebok (Book of Norwegian Games). [8] All The Pretty Little Horses
Some nursery rhymes turn up in disguise: The Moon shines Bright, The Stars give a light, And you may kiss A pretty girl At ten a clock at night. This is an earlier version of: When I was a little boy My mammy kept me in, Now I am a great boy, I'm fit to serve the king. I can handle a musket, And I can smoke a pipe. And I can kiss a pretty girl
The first track on Seanan McGuire's album Wicked Girls, also titled "Counting Crows", features a modified version of the rhyme. [14] The artist S. J. Tucker's song, "Ravens in the Library," from her album Mischief, utilises the modern version of the rhyme as a chorus, and the rest of the verses relate to the rhyme in various ways. [15]
The rhyme (and at least some of its variants) tells the story of an extremely beautiful girl (of Dutch descent, hence the song's title) who is popular with boys (particularly around the neighborhood, block or the whole town) and has a rather unattractive boyfriend; some versions mention that the boyfriend dumps the pretty Dutch girl in favor of an even prettier girl.
The answer was “girls who wear glasses.” Defending champion Will Wallace got the answer right. “Yeah, a little problematic,” host Ken Jennings said after Wallace gave his answer.
"Roses Are Red" is a love poem and children's rhyme with Roud Folk Song Index number 19798. [1] It has become a cliché for Valentine's Day , and has spawned multiple humorous and parodic variants. A modern standard version is: [ 2 ]
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