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English title. "Brother John". Songwriter (s) Traditional. " Frère Jacques " ( / ˌfrɛərə ˈʒɑːkə /, French: [fʁɛʁ (ə) ʒak] ), also known in English as " Brother John ", is a nursery rhyme of French origin. The rhyme is traditionally sung in a round . The song is about a friar who has overslept and is urged to wake up and sound the ...
"Little Miss Muffet" is an English nursery rhyme of uncertain origin, first recorded in 1805. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 20605. The rhyme has for over a century attracted discussion as to the proper meaning of the word tuffet .
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 ...
1798. " Rub-a-dub-dub " is an English language nursery rhyme first published at the end of the 18th century in volume two of Hook's Christmas Box[ 1] under the title "Dub a dub dub" rather than "Rub a dub dub". It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 3101.
One, Two, Buckle My Shoe. by Traditional. Augustus Hoppin's illustration, published in New York, 1866. Genre (s) Nursery rhyme. Publication date. 1805. " One, Two, Buckle My Shoe " is a popular English language nursery rhyme and counting-out rhyme of which there are early occurrences in the US and UK. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 11284.
Jack and Jill. A postcard of the rhyme using Dorothy M. Wheeler 's 1916 illustration Play ⓘ. " Jack and Jill " (sometimes " Jack and Gill ", particularly in earlier versions) is a traditional English nursery rhyme. The Roud Folk Song Index classifies the commonest tune and its variations as number 10266, [ 1] although it has been set to ...
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.
Ten Little Indians. " Ten Little Indians " is an American children's counting out rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 12976. In 1868, songwriter Septimus Winner adapted it as a song, then called "Ten Little Injuns", [ 1] for a minstrel show .