Nursery Rhymes Compilation (Unedited)

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Nursery rhyme

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See also: Children's music and Children's song

Illustration of "Hey Diddle Diddle", a popular nursery rhyme

A nursery rhyme is a traditional poem or song for young children in Britain and many other countries, but usage only dates from the late 18th/early 19th century and in North America the term Mother Goose Rhymes, introduced in the mid-18th century, is still often used.[1]

Contents

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* 1 History

* 1.1 Lullabies

* 1.2 Early nursery rhymes

* 1.3 19th century

* 2 Meanings of nursery rhymes

* 3 Nursery rhyme revisionism

* 4 Nursery rhymes and education

* 5 See also

* 6 Notes

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History[edit]

Lullabies[edit]

Main article: Lullaby

The oldest children's songs of which we have records are lullabies, intended to help a child sleep. Lullabies can be found in every human culture.[2] The English term lullaby is thought to come from "lu, lu" or "la la" sound made by mothers or nurses to calm children, and "by by" or "bye bye", either another lulling sound, or a term for good night.[3] Until the modern era lullabies were usually only recorded incidentally in written sources. The Roman nurses' lullaby, "Lalla, Lalla, Lalla, aut dormi, aut lacta", is recorded in a scholiumon Persius and may be the oldest to survive.[4]

Many medieval English verses associated with the birth of Jesus take the form of a lullaby, including "Lullay, my liking, my dere son, my sweting" and may be versions of contemporary lullabies.[3] However, most of those used today date from the 17th century. For example, a well known lullaby such as "Rock-a-bye, baby on a tree top", cannot be found in records until the late-18th century when it was printed by John Newbery (c. 1765).[3]

Early nursery rhymes[edit]

A French poem, similar to "Thirty days hath September", numbering the days of the month, was recorded in the...