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A literary variation on the rhyme was written by Caroline Anne Southey, published under the pseudonym "C." early in the 19th century. [16] The nine-stanza poem appeared in an 1827 issue of Blackwood's Magazine. [17] Titled "To The Lady Bird", the first stanza reads Lady-bird, Lady-bird, fly away home, The field mouse is gone to her nest,
In the United States, the song is sometimes syncretized with the other traditional folk song "Jack of Diamonds". Lyrics usually include the line (or a slight variation): "The cuckoo is a pretty bird, she sings as she flies; she brings us glad tidings, and she tells us no lies." [1] [2]
Old Dan Tucker. " Old Dan Tucker, " also known as " Ole Dan Tucker, " " Dan Tucker, " and other variants, is an American popular song. Its origins remain obscure; the tune may have come from oral tradition, and the words may have been written by songwriter and performer Dan Emmett. The blackface troupe the Virginia Minstrels popularized "Old ...
Rose Bonne and Alan Mills. Official audio. "There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly" on YouTube. " There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly " is a children's rhyme and nonsense song of a kind known as cumulative. Alternative titles include " There Was an Old Lady ", " I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly ", " There Was an Old Woman Who ...
The following is a list of English words without rhymes, called refractory rhymes —that is, a list of words in the English language that rhyme with no other English word. The word "rhyme" here is used in the strict sense, called a perfect rhyme, that the words are pronounced the same from the vowel of the main stressed syllable onwards.
The rhyming words are not omitted, to make the slang easier to understand. Rhyming slang is a form of slang word construction in the English language. It is especially prevalent among Cockneys in England, and was first used in the early 19th century in the East End of London; hence its alternative name, Cockney rhyming slang. [2][3] In the US ...
Tinker, Tailor. "Tinker Tailor". Nursery rhyme. Published. 1695. " Tinker, Tailor " is a counting game, nursery rhyme and fortune telling song traditionally played in England, that can be used to count cherry stones, buttons, daisy petals and other items. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 802. It is commonly used by children in both ...
The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes dates the song to a manuscript compiled some time between 1770 and 1780. Chappell's Popular Music dates the song to 1792, when it was first published as sheet music. The notes by Stenhouse in the second volume of Johnson's Scots Musical Museum record a concurrent Anglo-Scottish publication. [11] [12]