This conventional children’s poem was authored by Edward Lear in 1871. However, a lot of historians consider this as one of his nonsense poems written for the three-year-old daughter of his poet friend, John Symonds. In the word ‘runcible spoon’ […]
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This simple and fun goodbye song is perfect for preschool and school-aged children alike. Unlike the famous rock and roll song, the kids version can be sung in different familiar tunes. Thus it will be even easier for kids to
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“There was a little girl” is a poem and rhyme written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow about his little girl, Edith.Later, the rhyme was also published in “The Little Mother Goose” in 1912; in that version, the first two lines were
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“Wynken, Blynken, and Nod” is an American poem and children song dating back to the late 19th century. The lyrics of this beautiful song tell the bedtime story of three little sailors in a shoe-boat made of wood and their
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The Solomon Grundy rhyme dates back to the 19th century England and together with Early to bed or Wynken and Blynken and Nod are very well known as poems and traditional nursery rhymes. Solomon Grundy poem was first recorded in
“Roses are red” is possibly one of the most well known nursery rhymes and poems. It is also one of the oldest ones as it first was published by the English poet Edmund Spenser in 1590: She bath’d her brest
Although there are some assumptions regarding the historical origin of “Old Mother Hubbard”s character, this nursery rhyme was written and illustrated by Sarah Catherine Martin (around 1804) – mainly to amuse her sister’s children. The poem was first told at
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