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Printable version; In other projects ... Nursery rhyme; ... "Little Boy Blue" is an English-language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 11318. Lyrics
"Little Boy Blue" is a poem by Eugene Field about the death of a child, a sentimental but beloved theme in 19th-century poetry. Contrary to popular belief, the poem is not about the death of Field's son, who died several years after its publication. Field once admitted that the words "Little Boy Blue" occurred to him when he needed a rhyme for ...
The rhyme first appeared in print in Songs for the Nursery. Little Robin Redbreast: Great Britain 1744 [60] First mentioned in Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book. Little Tommy Tucker: Great Britain 1744 [61] First mentioned in Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book. London Bridge Is Falling Down 'My Fair Lady' or 'London Bridge' Great Britain 1744 [62]
The cartoon featured popular Nursery Rhyme and Fairy Tale characters. Depicted in the cartoon in chronological order are: Old King Cole; Pied Piper of Hamelin; Little Boy Blue; A literally crooked man (There Was A Crooked Man) Old Mother Hubbard; The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe; Mary and her lamb (Mary Had A Little Lamb) Little Bo Peep and ...
Printable version; In other projects ... Nursery Rhyme Parade! is a children's album by American singer-songwriter Lisa ... Little Baby" – 1:08 "Little Boy Blue ...
Lavender's Blue; Lazy Mary, Will You Get Up; The Lion and the Unicorn; Little Bo-Peep; Little Boy Blue; Little Bunny Foo Foo; Little Jack Horner; Little Miss Muffet; Little Poll Parrot; Little Robin Redbreast; Lloyd George Knew My Father (song) London Bridge Is Falling Down; Lucy Locket
The rhyme is first recorded in The Newest Christmas Box published in London around 1797. It may be derived from 'Diddle, diddle, diddle Dumpling', a traditional street cry of hot dumpling sellers. [1]
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