A History of Nursery Rhymes

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Author

Green, Percy B.

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Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

GR: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Folklore

Subject

Nursery rhymes -- History and criticism

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Text

eBook-No.

24065

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24065

Release Date

December 28, 2007

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.A HISTORY OF NURSERY RHYMES
2. 2.BY PERCY B. GREEN
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.INTRODUCTION
5. 5.A HISTORY OF NURSERY RHYMES
6. 6.CHAPTER I.
7. 7.CHAPTER II. — FOOTNOTES:
8. 8.CHAPTER III. — THE BABY'S RATTLE — FOOTNOTES:
9. 9.CHAPTER IV. — THE CORN SPIRIT. — "CUCKOOS!" — A WORD ON INDIAN LORE. — FOOTNOTES:
10. 10.CHAPTER I. — GAMES. — MARRIAGE GAMES. — LONDON STREET GAMES. — A WEDDING. — THE KING OF THE BARBARINES. — A LANCASHIRE ROUND GAME. — 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?"
11. 11.CHAPTER II. — NURSERY GAMES. — A GAME FOR A WET DAY. — "ANOTHER NURSERY TABLE GAME, BUT NEARLY 300 YEARS OLD." — A B C GAME. — "I APPRENTICE MY SON." — AN ARMENIAN CHILD'S GAME — RUSSIAN SUPERSTITION.
12. 12.CHAPTER III. — JEWISH RHYMES.
13. 13.CHAPTER IV. — AN ANCIENT ENGLISH RHYME — SONGS OF LONDON BOYS IN TUDOR TIMES. — "WE'LL HAVE A WEDDING AT OUR HOUSE."
14. 14.CHAPTER V. — CAT RHYMES. — CAT TALE OF DICK WHITTINGTON.
15. 15.CHAPTER VI. — A CRADLE SONG OF THE FIRST CENTURY.
16. 16.CHAPTER VII. — JACK RHYMES. — ANOTHER JACK OF THE NURSERY CLASSICS
17. 17.CHAPTER VIII. — RIDDLE-MAKING. — FOOTNOTES:
18. 18.CHAPTER IX. — NURSERY CHARMS. — AN ESSEX CHARM FOR A CHURN, 1650 A.D. — A CHARM AGAINST GHOSTS. — MONEY RHYMES. — NUMERICAL NURSERY RHYME. — BAKER'S MAN.
19. 19.CHAPTER X. — SCRAPS. — A GAME. — MORE FRAGMENTS. — A LANCASHIRE FRAGMENT. — A PROVERB. — A COMPLIMENT. — THE REVERSE. — FOOTNOTES:
20. 20.CHAPTER XI. — SONGS. — "WILL THE LOVE THAT YOU'RE SO RICH IN." — 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."
21. 21.CHAPTER XII. — SCOTCH RHYMES. — THE SCOTCH VERSION OF BRYAN O'LYNN. — A GRUESOME RIDDLE. — "WHA'S YOUR DADDIE?" — "THE MOON IS A LADY." — FOOTNOTES:
22. 22.CHAPTER XIII. — A FAVOURITE NURSERY HYMN. — THE LATIN VERSION OF THE VIRGIN'S LULLABY.
23. 23.CHAPTER XIV. — "THERE WAS A MAID CAME OUT OF KENT." — A NURSERY TALE. — A B C JINGLES. — A CATCH RHYME.
24. 24.CHAPTER XV. — BELL RHYMES. — FOOTNOTES:
25. 25.CHAPTER XVI. — POLITICAL SIGNIFICATIONS OF NURSERY RHYMES.

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