"in the Tudor period. The song’s most common lyrics are: <poem style=""margin-left:24px> Little Jack Horner Sat in the corner, Eating his Christmas pie; He put in his thumb, And pulled out a plum, And said, ""What a good boy am I!""</poem> It was first documented in full in the nursery rhyme collection ""Mother Goose's melody, or, Sonnets for the cradle"", which may date from 1765, although the earliest surviving English edition is from 1791. The melody commonly associated with the rhyme was first recorded by the composer and nursery rhyme collector James William Elliott in his ""National Nursery Rhymes and"
"Little Boy Blue ""Little Boy Blue"" is a popular English-language nursery rhyme, often used in popular culture. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 11318. A common version of the rhyme is: <poem>Little Boy Blue, come blow your horn, The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn. But where is the boy, who looks after the sheep? He's under a haystack, he's fast asleep. Will you wake him? No, not I, For if I do, he's sure to cry. </poem> The earliest printed version of the rhyme is in ""Tommy Thumb's Little Song Book"" (c. 1744),"
"Little Boy Blue ""Little Boy Blue"" is a popular English-language nursery rhyme, often used in popular culture. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 11318. A common version of the rhyme is: <poem>Little Boy Blue, come blow your horn, The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn. But where is the boy, who looks after the sheep? He's under a haystack, he's fast asleep. Will you wake him? No, not I, For if I do, he's sure to cry. </poem> The earliest printed version of the rhyme is in ""Tommy Thumb's Little Song Book"" (c. 1744),"
"Monday's Child ""Monday's Child"" is one of many fortune-telling songs, popular as nursery rhymes for children. It is supposed to tell a child's character or future based on the day of birth and to help young children remember the seven days of the week. As with all nursery rhymes, there are many versions. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19526. Common modern versions include: This rhyme was first recorded in A. E. Bray's ""Traditions of Devonshire"" (Volume II, pp. 287–288) in 1838 and was collected by James Orchard Halliwell in the mid-nineteenth century. The tradition of fortune"
"Billy Boy ""Billy Boy"" is a traditional folk song and nursery rhyme found in the United States. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 326. It is a variant of the traditional English folk song ""My Boy Billy"", collected by Ralph Vaughan Williams and published by him in 1912 as number 232 in ""Novello's School Songs"". While the tone of the nursery rhyme is ironic and teasing, both the question and answer form and the narrative of the song have been related to ""Lord Randall"", a murder ballad from the British Isles, in which the suitor is poisoned"
"children much earlier. Jack Sprat ""Jack Sprat"" (or ""Jack Spratt"") is an English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19479. The most common modern version of the rhyme is: The name Jack Sprat was used of people of small stature in the sixteenth century. This rhyme was an English proverb from at least the mid-seventeenth century. It appeared in John Clarke's collection of sayings in 1639 in the form: The saying entered the canon of English nursery rhymes when it was printed in ""Mother Goose's Melody"" around 1765, but it may have been adopted"
"Nursery rhyme A nursery rhyme is a traditional poem or song for children in Britain and many other countries, but usage of the term only dates from the late 18th/early 19th century. The term Mother Goose rhymes is interchangeable with nursery rhymes. From the mid-16th century nursery rhymes begin to be recorded in English plays, and most popular rhymes date from the 17th and 18th centuries. The first English collections, ""Tommy Thumb's Song Book"" and a sequel, ""Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book"", were published before 1744. Publisher John Newbery's stepson, Thomas Carnan, was the first to use the term Mother"
"baby boys. This name first ranked within the top 1,000 boys names in 1938, and it stayed among the top 1,000 names until 1994; the name was at its most popular point in 1958, when it was ranked 189th. According to data released by the Social Security Administration, the forms ""Randell"", ""Randel"", and ""Randle"" have never been nearly as popular (see 'popularity graphs' below). In 1990, the United States Census Bureau undertook a study of the 1990 United States Census, and released a sample of data concerning the most popular names. According to this sample of 6.3 million people (who"
"most common given names for male babies for most of the twentieth century. Its popularity peaked during the Baby Boom (Census records 1940-1960), when it was the most popular name for baby boys. Its popularity has declined considerably over the past thirty years, but it still remains one of the twenty most common names for boys. James has stayed more popular in the British Isles and Australasia. In England and Wales, James has been one of the Top 20 most common given male names since at least 1954 and in the Top 10 since at least 1974. Likewise, in Northern"
"Diddle, Diddle, Dumpling, My Son John ""Diddle, Diddle, Dumpling, My Son John"" is an English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19709. The most commonly used modern version is: Alternate versions include: The rhyme is first recorded in ""The Newest Christmas Box"" published in London around 1797. It may be derived from 'Diddle, diddle, diddle Dumpling', a traditional street cry of hot dumpling sellers. The rhyme was used in the refrain of the song ""Nursery Rhyme,"" written by Jeff Barry and Andy Kim, from The Archies' 1969 album Jingle Jangle. 4. BBC 'Inside number"
"the most popular and common baby name for boys in America every single year from 1880 through 1923, making it a reasonable 'placeholder' name when denoting those of age for military service. Large numbers of American troops were stationed overseas for many months or years, and as time passed many of their wives or girlfriends decided to begin a relationship with a new man rather than to wait for the original one to return. As letters to servicemen from wives or girlfriends back home would typically contain affectionate language (such as ""Dear Johnny"", ""My dearest John"", or simply ""Darling""), a"
"rhyme"" is still often used. The oldest children's songs of which we have records are lullabies, which can be found in every human culture. The Roman nurses' lullaby, ""Lalla, Lalla, Lalla, aut dormi, aut lacte"", may be the oldest to survive. Many medieval English verses associated with the birth of Jesus (including ""Lullay, my liking, my dere son, my sweting"") take the form of a lullabies and may be adaptations of contemporary lullabies. However, most of those used today date from the seventeenth century onwards. We know that some rhymes were medieval or sixteenth-century in origin, including ""To market, to"
"became so popular in England that the phrase ""Tom, Dick, and Harry"" began to be used to refer to men in general. The common English feminine forms of the name are Harriet and Henrietta. Henry has been a consistently popular name in English-speaking countries for centuries. It was among the top 100 most popular names used for boys born in the United States, England and Wales, and in Australia in 2007. It was the 46th most common name for boys and men in the United States in the 1990 census. Harry, its short form, was the fifth most popular name"
"most popular name in 2002. In 2001, it was the 18th most common name. From 1999 to 2003, Andrew was the sixth most often chosen name for a boy. In the United Kingdom in 1974, Andrew was the fourth-most common name given to baby boys, and it was third in 1964. In Scotland, Andrew was the most popular name given to baby boys in 1993, with 1,099 boys given the name that year. In Norway, with the spelling 'Andreas', the name has been the second-most common name given to boys of the 1990s. The eleventh most common baby name in"
"and Charleigh. Charley is another spelling variant, for boys and girls. Charlie (given name) Charlie is a unisex given name in English-speaking countries, often a nickname for Charles. It is traditionally a boy's name, but in the United States (as of 2015) it is more common for girls. Charlie was the 185th most popular name for girls, while being the 227th most popular for boys in the year 2016. In Britain, it is still primarily a boy's name. It was the sixth most popular name for boys in England and Wales, the 52nd in Ireland, 28th in New South Wales,"
"Girls and Boys Come Out To Play 'Girls and Boys Come Out to Play' or 'Boys and Girls Come Out to Play' is a nursery rhyme that has existed since at least 1708. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 5452. The most common versions of the rhyme are very similar to that collected by James Orchard Halliwell in the mid-nineteenth century: Other versions often put boys before girls in the opening line. Here are the melody for the first two lines. <score lang=""lilypond"" vorbis=""1"">« »</score> The verse may date back to the time when children were expected"
"Buckingham quoted the first two lines in the song ""Eyes Of The World"", on Fleetwood Mac's ""Mirage"" album. Vermillion Lies released ""Wednesday's Child"" off their 2008 album ""What's In The Box?"". The song features a slightly modified version of the entire poem and is sung from the perspective of a woeful child born on a Wednesday. Monday's Child Tuesday's Child Wednesday's Child Thursday's Child Friday's Child Saturday's Child Sunday's Child Monday's Child ""Monday's Child"" is one of many fortune-telling songs, popular as nursery rhymes for children. It is supposed to tell a child's character or future based on the day"
"the 693rd most popular name for boys. However the gap has been narrowing and recently the number of baby boys and baby girls named Robin in United States has been roughly similar (as visualized in the chart on the right). In 2014 46% of babies named Robin in United States were boys, which is about 3 times that figure in 1990. There are several common variations, including ""Robyn"", ""Robbin"", ""Robine"", ""Robyne"", ""Robynne"", and ""Robbyn"". Robin has its origin in France and is also a very common surname in France. Robin is occasionally found as a surname in English language-speaking countries."
"Sidney for a pivotal character in his epic prose work, ""The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia""; Jessica, created by William Shakespeare in his play ""The Merchant of Venice""; Vanessa, created by Jonathan Swift; Fiona, a character from James Macpherson's spurious cycle of Ossian poems; Wendy, an obscure name popularised by J. M. Barrie in his play ""Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up""; and Madison, a character from the movie ""Splash"". Lara and Larissa were rare in America before the appearance of ""Doctor Zhivago,"" and have become fairly common since. Songs can influence the naming of children. Jude jumped"
"Rory Rory is a given name of Gaelic origin. It is an anglicization of the /Ruaidhrí/Ruaidhrígh/Raidhrígh and , and is common to the Irish, Highland Scots and their diasporas. The meaning of the name is ""red-haired king,"" from ""ruadh"" (""red-haired"" or ""rusty"") and ""rígh"" (""king""). The name is given more to boys (the 379 most common male baby name in 2017 in the US), than to girls (the 565 most common female baby name in 2017 in the US). An early use of the name in antiquity is in reference to Rudraige mac Sithrigi, a High King of Ireland who"
"was listed at 790th most popular boys name in the U.K. In 2017, Raife rose to 606th in the U.K. rankings. Notable people with the name include: Raife Raife is a masculine given name (pronounced ""rayf""). It is an English, Scandinavian and German given name for a male, used in many countries across the world but most popular in English-speaking countries. It is of Old Norse origin (meaning ""counsel of the wolf"" or ""wise wolf""), derived from the Old Norse Raðulfr (rað ""counsel"" + ulfr ""wolf"") through Old English Rædwulf. It is a spelling representation of the traditional pronunciation of"
"private nursery, as an exercise for the children. It has been argued that nursery rhymes set to music aid in a child's development. Research also supports the assertion that music and rhyme increase a child's ability in spatial reasoning, which aid mathematics skills. Citations Nursery rhyme A nursery rhyme is a traditional poem or song for children in Britain and many other countries, but usage of the term only dates from the late 18th/early 19th century. The term Mother Goose rhymes is interchangeable with nursery rhymes. From the mid-16th century nursery rhymes begin to be recorded in English plays, and"
"9' TV episode with the same name Diddle, Diddle, Dumpling, My Son John ""Diddle, Diddle, Dumpling, My Son John"" is an English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19709. The most commonly used modern version is: Alternate versions include: The rhyme is first recorded in ""The Newest Christmas Box"" published in London around 1797. It may be derived from 'Diddle, diddle, diddle Dumpling', a traditional street cry of hot dumpling sellers. The rhyme was used in the refrain of the song ""Nursery Rhyme,"" written by Jeff Barry and Andy Kim, from The Archies' 1969"
"spellings by low SES families were not purposefully chosen but were actually misspellings. In contrast, high SES conservatives tended to choose common historical names. The research found that the sounds chosen by liberals and conservatives varied as well. Liberals ""favor birth names with 'softer, feminine' sounds while conservatives favor names with 'harder, masculine' phonemes."" Baby name trends change frequently for girls and somewhat less frequently for boys. Boys' names tend to be more traditional, but Liam, Aiden, Logan, Mason and Jayden, are currently seeing a spike in popularity. One recent trend is place names. Names like London, Brooklyn, Sydney, Alexandria,"
"Welsh language is Rhodri, also meaning red king. Rory Rory is a given name of Gaelic origin. It is an anglicization of the /Ruaidhrí/Ruaidhrígh/Raidhrígh and , and is common to the Irish, Highland Scots and their diasporas. The meaning of the name is ""red-haired king,"" from ""ruadh"" (""red-haired"" or ""rusty"") and ""rígh"" (""king""). The name is given more to boys (the 379 most common male baby name in 2017 in the US), than to girls (the 565 most common female baby name in 2017 in the US). An early use of the name in antiquity is in reference to Rudraige"
"The earliest version to resemble the modern one is from ""Mother Goose's Melody"" published in London around 1765. The additional lines that include (arguably) the more acceptable ending for children with the survival of the cat are in James Orchard Halliwell's ""Nursery Rhymes of England"", where the cat is pulled out by ""Dog with long snout"". Several names are used for the malevolent Johnny Green, including Tommy O' Linne (1797) and Tommy Quin (c. 1840). Iona and Peter Opie suggested that it may have had its origins in Tom a lin or Tom o' Lin, the protagonist of another nursery"
"the Hills and Far Away"", in which the hero is called Tom. Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son ""Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son"" is a popular English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19621. Modern versions of the rhyme include: The 'pig' mentioned in the song is almost certainly not a live animal but rather a kind of pastry, often made with an apple filling, smaller than a pie. Another version of the rhyme is: This rhyme is often conflated with a separate and longer rhyme: Both rhymes were first printed separately in a ""Tom"
"almost every year since then. The name is, for the most part, found in North America. In 1982, the name was the 7th most common given name amongst African American males, and the 23rd most common name amongst White American males. The name was ranked in the 1990 United States Census as being the 68th most common name amongst males. The Social Security Administration website lists the top 1,000 American baby names for every year since 1879. In the year 1950, ""Brandon"" first reached the top 1,000 male names for babies who were registered for Social Security numbers for births."
"Jayden Jayden is a given name that was rather obscure until the 1990s, when it and variants appeared on the U.S. Social Security Administration's (SSA) list of the 1,000 most popular boys' names. A name likely of modern invention, its rank among boys is 26, though it peaked at number 4 in 2011. Jadon (or Yadon) the Meronothite, Hebrew for ""he will judge"", appears in the Bible in Nehemiah 3:7; it is unlikely that similar modern names are descended from the biblical Jadon. The name is probably a modern invention, formed by blending the ""Jay"" sound from the 1970s-popular name"
"juvenile antagonist saw a succession of names: Silver Hair in the pantomime ""Harlequin and The Three Bears; or, Little Silver Hair and the Fairies"" by J. B. Buckstone (1853); Silver-Locks in ""Aunt Mavor's Nursery Tales"" (1858); Silverhair in George MacDonald's ""The Golden Key"" (1867); Golden Hair in ""Aunt Friendly's Nursery Book"" (ca. 1868); Silver-Hair and Goldenlocks at various times; Little Golden-Hair (1889); and finally Goldilocks in ""Old Nursery Stories and Rhymes"" (1904). Tatar credits Flora Annie Steel with naming the child (1918). Goldilocks's fate varies in the many retellings: in some versions, she runs into the forest, in some she"
"Bible. The name first became popular in the English-speaking world after the Protestant Reformation, and it is also a popular Scandinavian name. As a name in its own right, ""Jon"" is fairly uncommon, and peaked in the United States in 1965 at 0.24% of all male babies. It was the 126th most common boy’s name in 1938 at 0.124% of infants. The surname Lindgren comes from Swedish ""lind"" (“linden tree”) and ""gren"" (“branch”), and means “branch of a linden tree”. It is the 13,882nd most common surname in the world, and the 4,211th in the United States. Lindgren was born"
"Frère Jacques Frère Jacques (, , in the nursery rhyme and in song more generally , also known in English as Brother John, is a nursery rhyme of French origin. The rhyme is traditionally sung in a round. Besides its English and French names, ""Frère Jacques"" is known by a variety of names: in Afrikaans as ""Vader Jakob""; in Croatian as ""Bratec Martin""; in Danish as ""Mester Jakob""; in Dutch as ""Broeder Jacob"" (in Flanders) or ""Vader Jacob"" (in the Netherlands); in Esperanto as ""Frat' Jakobo""; in Finnish as ""Jaakko kulta""; in German as ""Meister Jakob"" or ""Bruder Jakob""; in"
"for boys in England and Wales in 2007 and among the top 50 names in Ireland, Scotland and Northern Ireland in recent years. Harry was ranked as the 578th most popular name in the United States in 2007. In the High Middle Ages, the name was Latinized as ""Henricus"". It was a royal name in Germany, France and England throughout the high medieval period (Henry I of Germany, Henry I of England, Henry I of France) and widely used as a given name; as a consequence, many regional variants developed in the languages of Western and Central Europe: Within German,"