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Sandman Rhymes Poster
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Hey diddle diddle,
The cat played the fiddle,
The cow jumped over the moon.
The little dog laughed to see such sport,
And the dish ran away with the spoon.
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'Hey diddle diddle' could refer to a scandal with Queen Elizabeth I and the Earl of Leicester who she called her "lap dog", or it could be a mnemonic to remind an agricultural society that it was time to plant crops: only in the month of April are the constellations Leo (cat), Taurus (cattle) and Lyre (fiddle) are visible in the night sky, along with Crater (dish) and the Ursa Major - Big Dipper (spoon). Look at other possible origins.
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Jack and Jill Art Print
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| One possible origin of Jack & Jill - King Charles I of England was attempting a new tax on liquid measurement (transformed into water for the nursery). Jack is a 1/2 pint, Jill is gill or 1/4 pint, Parliment blocked the tax increase (broke his crown) but then decreed a "jack" would be less volume, so Jill came "tumbling after." |
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The Man in the Moon Art Print
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The man in the moon came tumbling down,
And asked his way to Norwich;
He went by the south, and burnt his mouth,
With supping cold pease-porridge. |
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Goosey, Goosey Gander Art Print
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Goosey Goosey Gander,
Wither shall I wander?
Upstairs and downstairs
And in my Lady's chamber.
There I met an old man
Who wouldn't say his prayers,
So I took him by his left leg
And threw him down the stairs.
The stairs went "crack"
And broke his little back
Three little ducks went
"quack, quack, quack"
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| The first line refers to the "goose stepping" Roundhead troops of Oliver Cromwell who invaded homes to arrest anyone who didn't accept their Puritan beliefs. Apparently you could pass this message on by the appearance of it being a harmless diddy for children. |
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Cock-a-Doodle Doo,
My dame has lost her shoe,
My master's lost his fiddlestick,
And knows not what to do.
Someone must have been dancing late into the night?!?
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Old King Cole Art Print
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| Old King Cole may refer to a lengendary king of Britian during the Celtic period, or to a 3rd century founder of Cochester (meaning Cole's Castle). |
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There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe Art Print
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| King George, who instigated the fashion of wearing a white wig was refered to as an old woman and as king having to whip Parliment into submission. (see Wikipedia) |
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Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary How Does Your Garden Grow?, Giclee Print
Kate Greenaway -
b. 3-17-1846; London
d. 11-6-1901 (breast cancer)
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Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater Art Print
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| A spouse abuser? - Wikipedia again. |
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Row, Row, Row Your Boat Art Print
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| Row Your Boat is an example of a round- two or more voices singing the same melody and beginning at different times. |
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Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Art Print
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| The lyrics are based on an English poem by Jane Taylor and sung to a French melody from 1761. Mozart wrote 12 variations of the tune, and Saint Saen's The Carnival of the Animals was inspired by the music. |
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Baa Baa Black Sheep, probably dating from the Middle Ages, is referring to a wool tax: one-third for the local aristocrat (master), one-third for the mother church (dame) and one-third for the farmer (little boy).
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Little Bo-Peep is claimed by the people of Sussex as really a story about smugglers rather than a shephardess who has lost her sheep. The sheep and their tails are the smugglers and their loot, who are being sought by the customs officers.
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Bye Baby Bunting, Art Print
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Humpty Dumpty Sat on a Wall, Art Print
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| A 'humpty dumpty' started out as a drink of brandy and boiled ale which might explain how an anthromorphized egg that couldn't stay upright. Wikipedia |
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Little Miss Muffet
Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet,
Eating her curds and whey;
There came a big spider which sat down beside her,
and frightened Miss Muffet away.
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| First appearing in print in 1805, in Songs for the Nursery, the origins of 'Little Miss Muffet' are unclear. One conjecture is that entomologist, Dr. Thomas Muffet, wrote the poem for his stepdaughters. |
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