What is the oldest nursery rhyme in the world?

"Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man" is one of the oldest surviving English nursery rhymes. The earliest recorded version of the rhyme appears in Thomas d'Urfey's play The Campaigners from 1698.
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What is the oldest recorded nursery rhymes?

The earliest known published collection of nursery rhymes was Tommy Thumb's (Pretty) Song Book, 2 vol. (London, 1744).
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What is the most famous nursery rhyme in the world?

Our list of nursery rhymes
  • Twinkle, twinkle little star. Twinkle, twinkle, little star, ...
  • I'm a Little Tea Pot. I'm a little teapot, short and stout. ...
  • London Bridge is Falling Down (Short Version) ...
  • Mary Had a Little Lamb. ...
  • Humpty Dumpty. ...
  • Hey diddle diddle, Mother Goose. ...
  • Baa baa black sheep. ...
  • One, two, three, four.
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What is the oldest children song?

The oldest children's songs of which we have records are lullabies, which can be found in every human culture. The Roman nurses' lullaby, "Lalla, Lalla, Lalla, aut dormi, aut lacte", may be the oldest to survive.
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How old is rock a bye baby?

“Rock-a-bye Baby” has long been a favorite nursery rhyme and lullaby. The first printed version of these lyrics came from Mother Goose's Melody in London 1765.
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What age is baby moo?

Baby Moo is a shorter, calmer Moo Music session aimed at babies from birth until they are confidently walking or actively crawling.
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What is the dark meaning of Little Miss Muffet?

The story of a little girl scared of a spider is based on an incident that would now involve social services. Dr Thomas Muffet, who died in 1604, is believed to have crushed up spiders and fed them to patients, including step-daughter Patience, to cure their aliments.
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What was the 1st ever song?

“Hurrian Hymn No. 6” is considered the world's earliest melody, but the oldest musical composition to have survived in its entirety is a first century A.D. Greek tune known as the “Seikilos Epitaph.” The song was found engraved on an ancient marble column used to mark a woman's gravesite in Turkey.
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What is the most famous kid song?

Chapters
  • Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes. 3:16. ...
  • Once I Caught a Fish Alive. 4:48. ...
  • I'm a Little Teapot. 6:55. ...
  • The Finger Family. 8:10. ...
  • Five Little Monkeys. 9:17. ...
  • Baa, Baa, Black Sheep. 11:36. Baa, Baa, Black Sheep. ...
  • If You're Happy and You Know It. 12:51. If You're Happy and You Know It. ...
  • Rain, Rain, Go Away. 14:36. Rain, Rain, Go Away.
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What was the very first song ever recorded?

"Au Clair De La Lune" Is First Recorded Song - April 9, 1860.
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What's the 31 day rhyme?

Just about every elementary schooler learns the months of the year with an easy rhyme: “Thirty days has [or hath] September, April, June, and November. All the rest have 31, except February …” The leap year, which comes once in four / Gives February one day more.”
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What does Dr Seuss actually rhyme with?

Dr. Seuss is a German name with a German pronunciation, and it rhymes with Joyce.
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Where did this little piggy come from?

Origins. In 1728, the first line of the rhyme appeared in a medley called "The Nurses Song". The first known full version was recorded in The Famous Tommy Thumb's Little Story-Book, published in London about 1760.
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What is the oldest song ever written?

The Hurrian Hymn was discovered in the 1950s on a clay tablet inscribed with Cuneiform text. It's the oldest surviving melody and is over 3,400 years old.
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What is the origin of Baa Baa black sheep?

Baa Baa Black Sheep is about the medieval wool tax, imposed in the 13th Century by King Edward I. Under the new rules, a third of the cost of a sack of wool went to him, another went to the church and the last to the farmer.
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What is the real meaning of rock a bye baby?

Many people believe it's just a simple rhyme meant to teach a practical lesson. As the editors of Mother Goose's Melody commented on the lyrics, they could be nothing more than "a warning to the proud and ambitious, who climb [too] high that [they] generally fall at last."
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What is the most searched song of all time?

Dance Monkey, which was written about the singer's experiences of busking in Byron Bay, has been Shazamed 36.6 million times, the company said. Second place went to Lilly Wood & The Prick's 2014 hit Prayer In C.
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What songs do 9 year olds like?

10 Child-Appropriate Pop Songs for Kids to Sing
  • Brave, by Sara Bareilles. ...
  • Beautiful, by Christina Aguilera. ...
  • Breakaway, by Kelly Clarkson. ...
  • Mean, by Taylor Swift. ...
  • Firework, by Katy Perry. ...
  • Fight Song, by Rachel Platten. ...
  • Happy, by Pharrell Williams. ...
  • Count on Me, by Bruno Mars.
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Who is the most popular song of all time?

According to Guinness World Records, Irving Berlin's "White Christmas" (1942) as performed by Bing Crosby is the best-selling single worldwide, with estimated sales of over 50 million copies.
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What was the first Christmas song?

Scholars credit the world's oldest Christmas hymn-song to the 4th century in France and written by St. Hilary of Poitier (c310-367). The carol was “Jesus Refulsit Omnium” (“Jesus, Light of All the Nations” aka “Jesus Illuminates all”).
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What is the oldest pop song?

"My Gal is a High Born Lady" (1896)

Why it might be the one: It signaled the birth of modern pop music"¦ eventually.
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Who invented singing?

The short answer is: No one knows who invented music. No historical evidence exists to tell us exactly who sang the first song, or whistled the first tune, or made the first rhythmic sounds that resembled what we know today as music. But researchers do know it happened thousands of years ago.
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What is the meaning of hickory Dickory dock?

Other written accounts of the rhyme from the nineteenth century suggest that children used 'Hickory, dickory, dock' as a way of deciding which of them would start a game: it was a way of selecting who was to go first.
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What is the meaning behind Little Bo Peep?

The phrase "to play bo peep" was in use from the 14th century to refer to the punishment of being stood in a pillory. For example, in 1364, an ale-wife, Alice Causton, was convicted of giving short measure, for which crime she had to "play bo peep thorowe a pillery".
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What is the meaning behind Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater?

Common Interpretations

One interpretation of this nursery rhyme states that Peter had a wife who was very sexually active, and he couldn't keep her from running off. He decided to do the unthinkable and murdered her, and he then stuffed her body into a pumpkin. And it is there that he kept her very well.
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