"Ring a Ring o' Roses ""Ring a Ring o' Roses"" or ""Ring a Ring o' Rosie"" is a nursery rhyme or folksong and playground singing game. It first appeared in print in 1881, but it is reported that a version was already being sung to the current tune in the 1790s and similar rhymes are known from across Europe. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 7925. Urban legend says the song originally described the plague, specifically the Great Plague of London, or the Black Death, but folklorists reject this idea. It is unknown what the earliest version"
"Down Down Baby ""Down Down Baby"" is a clapping game played by children in English-speaking countries. In the game, two or more children stand in a circle, and clap hands in tune to a rhyming song. As with most hand-clapping games, there are many variations. Modified versions of the song have appeared in Little Anthony and the Imperials's ""Shimmy Shimmy Ko-Ko Bop"", Nelly's ""Country Grammar"", Simian Mobile Disco's ""Hotdog"", The Damned's ""New Rose"", The Drums' ""Let's Go Surfing"", Cayucas' ""Jessica WJ"", Usher's ""OMG"", Carter USM's ""Turn On, Tune In, And Switch Off"", Bella Thorne and Zendaya's ""Contagious Love"", the film"
"London Bridge Is Falling Down ""London Bridge Is Falling Down"" (also known as ""My Fair Lady"" or ""London Bridge"") is a traditional English nursery rhyme and singing game, which is found in different versions all over the world. It deals with the depredations of London Bridge and attempts, realistic or fanciful, to repair it. It may date back to bridge rhymes and games of the Late Middle Ages, but the earliest records of the rhyme in English are from the seventeenth century. The lyrics were first printed in close to their modern form in the mid-eighteenth century and became popular,"
"standing in a circle and holding hands, followed by skipping in one direction as they sing the tune that accompanies these verses. As the word ""collapsed"" in the second verse is sung, the group usually falls down into a heap. Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush ""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. The same tune is also used for ""Lazy Mary, Will You Get Up"" and ""Nuts in May"". A variant"
"Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush ""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. The same tune is also used for ""Lazy Mary, Will You Get Up"" and ""Nuts in May"". A variant is used for ""The Wheels on the Bus"". The most common modern version of the rhyme is: <score>{ \key g \major \time 6/8 g'8 g' g' g'4 b'8 | d""4 b'8 g'4 g'8 | a'4 a'8 a'4 g'8 | fis'4"
"one egg crashed, and we children squat!"" On the last word, the children singing the rhyme jump or squat. The origins and meanings of the game have long been unknown and subject to speculation. In 1898, ""A Dictionary of British Folklore"" contained the belief that an explanation of the game was of pagan origin, based on the ""Sheffield Glossary"" comparison of Jacob Grimm's ""Deutsche Mythologie"". The theory states that it is in reference to Pagan myths and cited a passage which states, ""Gifted children of fortune have the power to laugh roses, as Freyja wept gold."" Believing the first instance"
"The Rain Rain Rain Came Down Down Down ""The Rain Rain Rain Came Down Down Down"" is a narrative song from the Walt Disney musical film featurette, ""Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day"". The song is also incorporated into the 1977 musical film ""The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh"" which is an amalgamation of three Winnie-the-Pooh featurettes including ""Blustery Day"". The song was written by the Sherman Brothers who have written most of the music for the Winnie-the-Pooh franchise over the many years. It was sung by an unidentified off-screen chorus with occasional lines sung by veteran character"
"British versions include: <poem> Ring-a-ring o' roses, A pocket full of posies, A-tishoo! A-tishoo! We all fall down.</poem> <poem> Cows in the meadows Eating buttercups A-tishoo! A-tishoo! We all jump up.</poem> Common American versions include: <poem> Ring-a-round the rosies, A pocket full of posies, Ashes! Ashes! We all fall down.</poem> Common Indian versions include: <poem> Ringa ringa roses, Pocket full of poses Husha busha! We all fall down!</poem> The last two lines are sometimes varied to: <poem> Hush! Hush! Hush! Hush! We've all tumbled down.</poem> A reference to a young children's game named ""Ring o' Roses"" occurs in an 1846"
"Falling Hare Falling Hare is a 1943 Warner Bros. cartoon directed by Robert Clampett, and starring Bugs Bunny in the Merrie Melodies series. As with many Bugs Bunny cartoons, the title is a play on words; ""falling hair"" refers to impending baldness, while in this cartoon’s climax the title turns out to be descriptive of Bugs’s situation (a hare falling / crashing to earth). This cartoon opens with the title credits over the strains of “Down by the Riverside”, then into an extended series of establishing shots of an Army Air Force base, to the brassy strains of “We’re in"
"All Falls Down (Alan Walker song) ""All Falls Down"" is a song by Norwegian record producer and DJ Alan Walker, featuring American singer Noah Cyrus and British DJ and record producer Digital Farm Animals. It was composed by Digital Farm Animals, Pablo Bowman, Sarah Blanchard and its producers Walker, Mood Melodies, Digital Farm Animals and The Six, with lyrics written by The Six, Bowman, Blanchard and Daniel Boyle. The song was released on 27 October 2017 via Mer Musikk and Ultra Music. On 23 October 2017, Walker released a trailer for the single. Described as ""an action-packed adventure of epic"
"in both by society's and people's limitations"". For the writer Mark Paytress, the line ""We're all sisters and brothers"" looked like a mockery of the Summer of Love. The song's conclusion features what sounds like ""a formal choir backing for a retreating Red Army in its magnificent defeat"". Beginning the second side, ""Playground Twist"" is a ""swirling mass of flanged guitars"" with church bells; it includes a nursery rhyme section. The song ""talks about adults who act like children and children who think they're adults"". Siouxsie explained: ""It's about the cruelty of children and that whole aspect of being thrown"
"superintendent did this in response to a complaint from a parent regarding violence in the book. The book was not removed completely, because a panel of school librarians made a decision to retain it in middle and high schools. In 1994, We All Fall Down won the California Young Reader Medal. We All Fall Down (Cormier novel) We All Fall Down (1991) is a suspense novel for young adults written by Robert Cormier. In the small town of Burnside, the Jerome's family house is destroyed by teenage vandals, who defecate on the floors and push their daughter down the stairs,"
"actor Sterling Holloway who provided the voice of Pooh. The Rain Rain Rain Came Down Down Down ""The Rain Rain Rain Came Down Down Down"" is a narrative song from the Walt Disney musical film featurette, ""Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day"". The song is also incorporated into the 1977 musical film ""The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh"" which is an amalgamation of three Winnie-the-Pooh featurettes including ""Blustery Day"". The song was written by the Sherman Brothers who have written most of the music for the Winnie-the-Pooh franchise over the many years. It was sung by an unidentified"
"All Falls Down ""All Falls Down"" is a song by American hip hop artist Kanye West. It was released as the third single from his debut album, ""The College Dropout"". The song was produced by West and features singer Syleena Johnson. It was released in February 2004 and entered the UK Singles Chart at number ten and peaked at number seven on the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100 on May 11, 2004, his first Top 10 in the USA. The song was nominated for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration at the 47th Grammy Awards. The song contains an interpolation of ""Mystery of Iniquity"""
"Poor Mary ""Poor Mary"" or ""Poor Jenny"" is a popular English language nursery rhyme and singing game. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 1377. Lyrics vary considerably for this song. Over a hundred known variations have been collected in Britain since the 1880s, not least in the use of the names, including Jenny, Mary and Sally. Common modern versions include: One child of the group is chosen to be ""Jenny"" or ""Mary"" etc., and has to kneel in the middle of a circle, usually with head in hands. The other children join their hands and walk around"
"""Big"" and EXO's ""Ko Ko Bop"". There are many variations of this clapping game from around the world. The actual lyrics that any given group of children use may vary. The lyrics cited here are the essential lyrics of the rhyme, and are the lyrics that were featured in a 1980s segment of the US version of ""Sesame Street"". Down Down Baby ""Down Down Baby"" is a clapping game played by children in English-speaking countries. In the game, two or more children stand in a circle, and clap hands in tune to a rhyming song. As with most hand-clapping games,"
"of the hopping mice pushed the other one into the waterhole. Pretty Little Dutch Girl ""Pretty Little Dutch Girl"" is a children's nursery rhyme, clapping game and jump-rope rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 12986. The lyrics of the song vary considerably. British versions of this rhyme differ significantly, perhaps because many of the allusions in the rhyme were unknown to British children at the time. Common versions include: Variation 1 Variation 2 Variation 3 Variation 4 Variation 5 (Western Canada, 1960s) Variation 6 Variation 7 Variation 8 Variation 9 (Northwest England, 2010s) I am a"
"All Fall Down (Ultravox song) ""All Fall Down"" is the second single from Ultravox's 1986 album ""U-Vox"", released on 19 November 1986. The song's lyrics carry a strong anti-war sentiment. The Chieftains also guest-performed on All Fall Down. The song consists of two verses and an instrumental theme. It has no (sung) chorus. After the first verse, the theme is introduced and repeated one time. After the second verse, the theme is played as a coda and repeated for about 3 minutes, then faded out. The first and the last note of the theme are identical. In the coda, different"
"Perhaps the most common example of such a game involves the song ""London Bridge is Falling Down."" A similar game is played to the tune of ""Oranges and Lemons."" Similar games exist in other cultures as well. In Japan, for example, similar games are played to the song ""Toryanse."" In Mexico, the game is played to the song ""La Vibora de La Mar."" A variety of roles have been attributed to singing games, including exploring language, allowing acceptable criticism and to regularise and ritualise play and other behaviour. Most singing games tend to be co-operative rather than competitive and communal"
"out the actions in the lyrics. Wind the Bobbin Up ""Wind the Bobbin Up"" is an English language children's nursery rhyme and singing game. Among modern lyrics is: Iona and Peter Opie traced this rhyme back to Netherlands in the 1890s. When they were collecting games in the 1960s and 1970s the version they encountered was: In the 1970s the game involved two players winding fists around each other. At ""Pull, Pull"" they pushed their fists away from each other and when ""Tug, Tug"" was reached they pulled their elbows back. It has now become a much more sedate action"
"by Robin Williams) and his friends, including his teacher (played by Bill Cosby), sing this song in their tree house. The weight in the tree house is so great with the kids and the two adult-sized people that the tree house starts to creak. While they are singing the song, a butterfly lands on the tree house and the house collapses. Once they are on the ground, Jack uses the tag line of the song and says, ""Why is everybody always fallin' on me?"" The song was included in the musical revue ""Smokey Joe's Cafe"". Charlie Brown (The Coasters song)"
"soundtrack for several videogames. The name of the song originates from a quotation of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow from the poem ""Rainy Day"". Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall ""Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall"" is a 1944 song performed as a duet by The Ink Spots, featuring Bill Kenny, and Ella Fitzgerald. Their recording was made on August 30, 1944 for Decca Records (catalog No. 23356B). The song was written by Allan Roberts (lyrics) and Doris Fisher (melody). The successful single went to number one on both The Harlem Hit Parade and the pop chart. The B-side of"
"Five Little Ducks Five Little Ducks is a nursery rhyme and counting-out game. The rhyme also has an associated tune and finger play. Like all folk songs, the exact wording varies. A common variant is: <poem> Five little ducks went swimming one day, Over the hills and far away. Mother duck said, ""quack quack quack quack,"" And only four little ducks came back. Four little ducks went swimming one day, Over the hills and far away. Mother duck said, ""quack quack quack quack,"" And only three little ducks came back. Three little ducks went swimming one day, Over the hills"
"Wet Sprocket's first top 40 album on the ""Billboard"" 200. Fall Down (Toad the Wet Sprocket song) ""Fall Down"" is a single by alternative rock band Toad the Wet Sprocket. The song is included on their 1994 album ""Dulcinea"". ""Fall Down"" was co-written by Glen Phillips and Todd Nichols. The music video for the song was directed by Samuel Bayer. The song was featured in the film ""Drop Zone"". ""Fall Down"" reached number one on the ""Billboard"" Modern Rock Tracks chart in June 1994 and remained there for six weeks before being supplanted by The Offspring's ""Come Out and Play"""
"Wind the Bobbin Up ""Wind the Bobbin Up"" is an English language children's nursery rhyme and singing game. Among modern lyrics is: Iona and Peter Opie traced this rhyme back to Netherlands in the 1890s. When they were collecting games in the 1960s and 1970s the version they encountered was: In the 1970s the game involved two players winding fists around each other. At ""Pull, Pull"" they pushed their fists away from each other and when ""Tug, Tug"" was reached they pulled their elbows back. It has now become a much more sedate action game, often with small children carrying"
"are: ""Songs of the Child World"", ""Lilts and Lyrics"", and ""The Lost Princess Bo-Peep"", in collaboration with the composer, Jessie Gaynor (1863–1921). Her best-known lyrics are probably the words to the lullaby entitled ""The Slumber Boat"" (later also known as ""The American Cradle Song""), published in 1898, which she wrote for her own children: Alice Riley Alice Cushing Donaldson Riley (1867–1955) was an American an author of children's poetry, stories, books, songs, and several one-act plays. Her best known work was ""Slumber Boat"", a children’s lullaby co-written with her dear friend Dorothy ""Jessie"" L. Gaynor. She is responsible for establishing"
"Hickory Dickory Dock ""Hickory Dickory Dock"" or ""Hickety Dickety Dock"" is a popular English nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 6489. The most common modern version is: <poem> Hickory, dickory, dock. The mouse ran up the clock. The clock struck one, The mouse ran down, Hickory, dickory, dock.</poem> Other variants include ""down the mouse ran"" or ""down the mouse run"" or ""and down he ran"" or ""and down he run"" in place of ""the mouse ran down"". <score vorbis=""1""> \new Staff « \clef treble \key d \major { %\new Lyrics \lyricmode { » </score> The"
"Rain Rain Go Away ""Rain Rain Go Away"" is a popular English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19096. There are few versions and variations of this rhyming couplet. The most common modern version is: Similar rhymes can be found in many societies, including ancient Greece. The modern English language rhyme can be dated to at least to the 17th century when James Howell in his collection of proverbs noted: A version very similar to the modern version was noted by John Aubrey in 1687 as used by ""little children"" to ""charme away the"
"The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down ""The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down"" is a song written in 1937 by Cliff Friend and Dave Franklin and published by Harms Inc., New York. It is best known as the theme tune for the ""Looney Tunes"" cartoon series and ""Merrie Melodies"" reissued cartoon series produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, used from 1937 to 1969. The original version contains an introductory verse that leads up to the main part of the song, as a young man tells of his date with a young woman, in which they go to an amusement park and find time to ""spark"" while"
"the word with unfailing hilarity and complete satisfaction"". In his ""Games and Songs of American Children"" (1883), William Wells Newell reports several variants, one of which he provides with a melody and dates to New Bedford, Massachusetts around 1790: <poem> Ring a ring a Rosie, A bottle full of posie, All the girls in our town Ring for little Josie. </poem> Newell writes that '[a]t the end of the words the children suddenly stoop, and the last to get down undergoes some penalty, or has to take the place of the child in the centre, who represents the ""rosie"" (rose-tree;"
"Fall Down (Toad the Wet Sprocket song) ""Fall Down"" is a single by alternative rock band Toad the Wet Sprocket. The song is included on their 1994 album ""Dulcinea"". ""Fall Down"" was co-written by Glen Phillips and Todd Nichols. The music video for the song was directed by Samuel Bayer. The song was featured in the film ""Drop Zone"". ""Fall Down"" reached number one on the ""Billboard"" Modern Rock Tracks chart in June 1994 and remained there for six weeks before being supplanted by The Offspring's ""Come Out and Play"" in July. The single helped to make ""Dulcinea"" Toad the"
"collector James William Elliott in his ""National Nursery Rhymes and Nursery Songs"". The following additional verses are often added to the rhyme: The earliest record of this rhyme is in a manuscript of around 1805, which contains only the first verse. There are references to a children's game called ""bo-peep"", from the 16th century, including one in Shakespeare's ""King Lear"" (Act I Scene iv), for which ""bo-peep"" is thought to refer to the children's game of peek-a-boo, but there's no evidence that the rhyme existed earlier than the 18th century. The additional verses are first recorded in the earliest printed"
"outdoors. In the case of living objects, the person or animal will follow behind the player so that they can be led back to the person or place they need to be to complete the rhyme. Human objects, such as Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater's wife, will also explain where they want to go in words and a ""thought bubble"". Some characters (namely Old King Cole) require several items brought to them in order to put their rhyme back together. All but one of the items are placed randomly throughout the land. There are 18 nursery rhymes to choose from, 20"