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A
HISTORY
OF
NURSERY
RHYMES

BY
PERCY B. GREEN

LONDON
GREENING & CO., LTD.
20, CECIL COURT
CHARING CROSS ROAD
1899

Now Reissued by
Singing Tree Press
1249 Washington Blvd., Detroit, Michigan. 1968

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Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 68-31082

Transcriber's Note:

Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note, whilst significant amendments are noted at the end of the text.

Archaic and dialect spellings remain as printed.

Greek text appears as originally printed, but with a mouse-hover transliteration, .

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CONTENTS

PAGE
Introduction
Part I.
CHAP.
I.	Prehistoric manHis language one of signs and soundsThe story of Psammetichus and the Two BabiesIdiom of language a survival of primitive peoples
II.	Modern types of early manSign-language of people living on the globe to-dayThe custom of the Uvinza grandeesThe "good-morning" of the Walunga tribeSigns of hospitality in the sign vocabulary of the North American IndianThe "attingere extremis digitis" of the RomansClap-hands one of the first lessons of the NurseryThe modern survival of hand-clapping"Is it rude to shake hands, Nurse?"A hypercritical motherPlato's rebukeAgesilaus and his childrenNursery classics and critical babies"Lalla, lalla, lalla" of the Roman childThe well-known baby dance of "Crow and caper, caper and crow"
III.	Writers on comparative religions show that entire religious observances come down to modern peoples from heathen sourcesThe Bohemian Peasant and his Apple TreeA myth of long descent found in the rhyme of "A Woman, a Spaniel, and Walnut Tree"; our modern "Pippin, pippin, fly away," indicates the same sentimentThe fairy tale of Ashputtel and the Golden Slipper, the legend from which came our story of CinderellaTylor on Children's SportsThe mystery of Northern Europe at Christ's comingThe Baby's RattleAncestral worship follows sun and moon worship, and gives us the tales of fairies, goblins, and elvesBoyd Dawkins' story of the Isle of Man farmerA Scandinavian ManxmanModernised lullaby of a Polish mother"Shine, Stars""Rain, rain, go away"Wind making Lullabies Bulgarian, German, "Sleep, Baby, Sleep"The lullaby of the Black Guitar"Baby, go to Sleep"English version, "Hush thee, my Babby"Danish lullaby of "Sweetly sleep, my little Child""Bye, baby bunting"
IV.	Elf-landOld-time superstitionsA custom of providing a feast for the dead known in Yorkshire, North-west Ireland, and in ArmeniaThe Erl King of GoetheBallet of the Leaf-dressed GirlThe Spirit of the WatersAn Irish legend of Fior UsgaScotch superstitionJenny Greenteeth of LancashireThe Merrow of the West of IrelandSoul CagesThe German rhyme of "O Man of the Sea, come list unto Me"Mysticism among uncivilised racesThe Corn SpiritThe Rye-wolf"The Cow's in the Corn""Ring a ring a rosies""Cuckoo Cherry Tree"Our earliest song, "Summer is a-coming in""Hot Cockles" at Yorkshire funerals"Over the Cuckoo Hill, I oh!"Indian Lore
Part II.
I.	Games Whipping-tops, Marbles, etc."I am good at Scourging of my Toppe," date 15(?)Dice and Pitch-and-Toss"Dab a Prin in my Lottery Book""A' the Birds of the Air"Hop Scotch"Zickety, dickety, dock""All good Children go to Heaven""Mary at the Cottage Door."
Marriage Games "If ever I Marry I'll Marry a Maid," 1557 A.D. London Street GamesA Wedding"Choose one, choose two, choose the nearest one to you""Rosy Apple, Lemon, and Pear"The King of the Barbarines"I've got Gold and I've got Silver"A Lancashire Round Game"Fol th' riddle, I do, I do, I do"Round Game of the Mulberry Bush"Pray, Mr. Fox, what time is it?""Mother, buy me a Milking Can""Here comes a Poor Sailor from Botany Bay""Can I get there by Candle-light?"
II.	Nursery Games A Game for a Wet Day"Cows and Horses walk on four legs"A Game nearly 300 years old"There were two birds sitting on a stone"A B C Game"Hi diddle diddle""I Apprentice my Son"An Armenian Child's Game, "Jack's Alive"Russian Superstition
III.	Jewish Rhymes "A kid, a kid my father bought for two pieces of moneya kid! a kid!""The house that Jack built"The Scotch version, "There was an old woman swept her house and found a silver penny"The Chad Gady"Who knoweth One"
IV.	An ancient English Rhyme"A Frog who would a-wooing go," the version of same sung in Henry VIII.'s reignSongs of London Boys in Tudor times"Quoth John to Joan""Good parents in good manners do instruct their child""Tom a Lin""Bryan O'Lynn"Four songs sung by children in Elizabeth's reign"We'll have a Wedding at our House"
V.	Cat Rhymes "Pussy-cat, pussy-cat""Ten little mice sat down to spin""The rose is red, the grass is green""I Love little Pussy""Three Cats sat by the Fireside""There was a Crooked Man""Ding dong bell"Cat tale of Dick Whittington
VI.	A Cradle Song of the first century, "Sleep, O son, sleep"
VII.	Jack Rhymes
VIII.	Riddle Making German riddle of "Seven White and Seven Black Horses"Greek riddle of the Two Sisters; another of "The year, months, and days""Old Mother Needle""Purple, yellow, red, and green""As round as an Apple""Humpty Dumpty"The Phnix fable"Ladybird! ladybird! fly away home"
IX.	Nursery Charms "When a twister twisting twists him a twist"An Essex Charm for a Churn"Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John" Charms.
Money Rhymes "How a lass gave her lover three slips for a tester""Little Mary Esther""Sing a Song of Sixpence""There was an old man in a velvet coat""See-saw""One a penny""There's never a maiden in all the town""Pinky, pinky, bow-bell"Numerical Nursery RhymeBaker's Man
X.	Scraps "Oh, slumber, my darling, thy sire is a knight""Bye, baby bumpkin""Nose, nose, jolly red nose""I saw a man in the moon"A Henry VIII. Rhyme"Peg-Peg""Round about""Father Long-legs""Two-penny rice""Come when you're called"A Game"Nanny Natty Coat""As I was going down Sandy Lane""There was an old woman""Robert Rowley""Little General Monk""Dr. Tom Tit""Tommy Trot""Goosey Gander""The White Dove sat on the Castell Wall""This Little Pig""Little Bo Peep""See-saw, Margery Daw""Four-and-twenty Tailors""Little Moppet""Hub-a-dub, dub""Diddle Dumpling""Jack and Jyll""The Cat and the Fiddle""Baa! baa! black sheep""Here comes a poor Duke out of Spain""Ride to the market""Cross-patch""The Man of the South"A Lancashire Fragment"Dickery dock""There was an old woman toss'd up in a blanket""We're all in the dumps"A ProverbA ComplimentThe Reverse
XI.	Songs "Will the love that you're so rich in?""Cock-a-doodle doo""King Cole""Rowsty dowt""There was a Little Man"The Creole's Song"Dapple Grey""Blue Betty""Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son""Oh dear, what can the matter be?""Simple Simon""I saw a Ship a-sailing""David the Welshman""My Father he Died"
XII.	Scotch Rhymes "As I went up the Brandy Hill"Scotch version of Bryan O'Lynn"Cripple Dick""Pan, Pan, Play""Gi'e a thing"A Gruesome Riddle"King and Queen of Cantelon"Hidee"Wha's your Daddie?""The Moon is a Lady"
XIII.	A favourite Nursery HymnThe Latin version of the Virgin's Lullaby
XIV.	"There was a maid came out of Kent""Martin Smart""Great A, little B"A Nursery Tale"A duck, a drake""Hark! Hark!"A B C JinglesA Catch Rhyme
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