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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 ...
The opening verse of "Old Mother Goose and the Golden Egg", from an 1860s chapbook. Mother Goose is a character that originated in children's fiction, as the imaginary author of a collection of French fairy tales and later of English nursery rhymes. [1] She also appeared in a song, the first stanza of which often functions now as a nursery ...
The oldest children's songs for which records exist are lullabies, intended to help a child fall asleep. Lullabies can be found in every human culture. [4] The English term lullaby is thought to come from "lu, lu" or "la la" sounds made by mothers or nurses to calm children, and "by by" or "bye bye", either another lulling sound or a term for a good night. [5]
Mother Goose Songs for Little Ones 1909; Robert Louis Stevenson Songs, 1910; The Sing & Play Book first edition, 1938, The Boston Music Company / Clarendon Press Oxford [3] "Diddle Diddle Dumpling" 1927 [4] Stories that Sing, 1944 [5] Individual songs "Hoo Hoo" or "Yoo Hoo" "The Big Crocodile"
In the next surviving printing, in Mother Goose's Melody (c. 1765), the text remained the same, except the last lines, which were given as, "But none for the little boy who cries in the lane". [ 1 ] As with many nursery rhymes, attempts have been made to find origins and meanings for the rhyme, most of which have no corroborating evidence. [ 1 ]
Produced by Klaw & Erlanger, Mother Goose premiered at Broadway's New Amsterdam Theatre on December 3, 1903; closing at that theatre on February 27, 1904, after 105 performances. [5] The work was an Americanized version of Collins and Wood's British Christmas pantomime that was originally staged at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in 1902. [6]
With the passage of time, the poem has been absorbed into the Mother Goose collection. The rhyme tells of 3 kittens who first lost, then find and soak, their mittens. When all is finally set to rights, the kittens receive their mother's approval and some pie. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 16140.