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The words, rules and tune for "Here we go gathering nuts in May" Here we are gathering nuts in May; by Elizabeth Adela Forbes The words and rules of the game were first quoted in the Folk-Lore Record, E. Carrington (1881), [2] followed by a similar description among the games for choosing partners by G.F. Northall (1882). [3]
Caption reads "Here we go round the Mulberry Bush" in The Baby's Opera A book of old Rhymes and The Music by the Earliest Masters, 1877. Artwork by Walter Crane. "Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush" (also titled "Mulberry Bush" or "This Is the Way") is an English nursery rhyme and singing game. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 7882.
Nuts in May may refer to: "Nuts in May" (Play for Today) "Nuts in May" (rhyme) Nuts in May; Nuts in May This page was last edited on 12 February 2023 ...
To introduce the sanitarium, Franklyn uses the old rhyme "Nuts in May." The hypnotic phrase "I am Elmer J. Fudd," etc., is associated with a driving motif in the bass. "A-Hunting We Will Go" marks the chauffeur's announcement that it is Wednesday, the day on which Fudd customarily goes hunting, and the start of the hunt itself.
The rhyme itself may date back to at least the sixteenth century. Early medieval illuminated manuscripts depicting a cat playing a fiddle were also popular images. [129] How Many Miles to Babylon? United Kingdom c. 1801 [130] Origin unknown, but studies have suggested the rhyme may be older than attested. Jack and Jill 'Jack and Gill' Great Britain
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An issue of Blackwood's Magazine in 1821 noted the rhyme as being sung to the tune of "Nancy Dawson", now better known as "Nuts in May," and the same tune was given in Richard Thomson's Chronicles of London Bridge (1827). [2] Another tune was recorded in Samuel Arnold's Juvenile Amusements in 1797.