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nursery rhyme

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nursery rhyme

Verse customarily told or sung to small children. Though the oral tradition of nursery rhymes is ancient, the largest number date from the 16th, 17th, and (most frequently) 18th centuries. Apparently most rhymes were originally composed for adults, many as popular ballads and songs. The earliest known published collection is Tommy Thumb's (Pretty) Song Book (1744), including “Little Tom Tucker,” “Sing a Song of Sixpence,” and “Who Killed Cock Robin?” The most influential collection was Mother Goose's Melody (1781), including “Jack and Jill,” “Ding Dong Bell,” and “Hush-a-bye Baby on the Tree Top.”
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Each child taking part will be sponsored for singing and doing the actions of the well-known nursery rhyme, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.
Toddlers in singalong for children's charity by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
A survey found that Twinkle Twinkle Little Star was the favourite nursery rhyme among all the regions in the UK, apart from the North-east which chose Incey Wincey Spider.
Your Nursery: Playhouse Nursery, Ingleby Barwick by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)
HUMPTY Dumpty and Jack and Jill could be on the list when children and families are asked to name their favourite nursery rhyme.
Rhyme contest by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
 
 
 
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