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Mother Goose Melodies
''Mother Goose Melodies'' is a 1931 ''Silly Symphonies'' animated short film, produced by Walt Disney and directed by Burt Gillett. Two years later it was semi-remade in Technicolor as ''Old King Cole''. Plot Old King Cole summons various Mother Goose characters for his entertainment, including the Three Blind Mice as his "fiddlers three", Miss Muffet, Jack and Jill (who meet Simple Simon atop the hill), Humpty Dumpty (whom Mother Goose's goose knocks off of his wall), Jack Horner (his Christmas pie also containing the four and twenty blackbirds), Bo Peep ( Boy Blue brings the sheep home, one of which falls in mud to become Baa Baa Black Sheep) and the Cat, Cow and Little Dog. Voice cast * Allan Watson: Old King Cole * Walt Disney: Jack Horner * Whistling: Marion Darlington Reception ''Motion Picture Herald'' (May 9, 1931): "Great: Walt Disney has done a most unusual piece of work in this ''Silly Symphony'' number. There is indicated a great step forward technically, in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burt Gillett
Burton F. Gillett (October 15, 1891 – December 28, 1971) was a Film director, director of animation, animated films. He is noted for his Silly Symphonies work for Walt Disney Pictures, Disney, particularly the 1932 short film ''Flowers and Trees'' and the 1933 short film ''Three Little Pigs (film), Three Little Pigs'', both of which were awarded the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film and both of which were selected for inclusion in the National Film Registry. Early life He was born in Elmira, New York. His animation career started around 1916 when he was employed by the International Film Service, an early animation studio under the ownership of William Randolph Hearst and the supervision of Gregory La Cava. The studio had been formed in 1915 and first employed experienced animators Frank Moser (artist), Frank Moser and Bill Nolan (animator), William Nolan. Within a year the veterans had been joined by several new recruits. Gillett was probably recruited along with notab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old King Cole
"Old King Cole" is a British nursery rhyme first attested in 1709. Though there is much speculation about the identity of King Cole, it is unlikely that he can be identified reliably as any historical figure. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 1164. The poem describes a merry king who called for his pipe, bowl, and musicians, with the details varying among versions. The "bowl" is a drinking vessel, while it is unclear whether the "pipe" is a musical instrument or a tobacco pipe. Lyrics and melody \header \layout global = melody = \relative c' verse = \new Lyrics \lyricmode guitar = \relative c' \score \score Source: The most common modern version of the rhyme is: Old King Cole was a merry old soul, And a merry old soul was he; He called for his pipe, and he called for his bowl, And he called for his fiddlers three. Every fiddler he had a fiddle, And a very fine fiddle had he; Oh, there's none so rare, as can compare, With King Cole and his fiddlers three. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marion Darlington
Marion Darlington (November 7, 1910 March 17, 1991) was an American voice actress known for supplying the bird whistling and animal sound effects in films including Cinderella, Snow White, Bambi, and Pinocchio. She also voiced the bird chorus in Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room. Personal life Marion Elizabeth Sevier was born on November 7, 1910 in Monrovia, California. She attended the California School of Artistic Whistling, founded by Agnes Woodward in Los Angeles and emerged as one of its most famous graduates. In the 1940s she was an instructor of “artistic whistling” from her home, and gave performances with her students. She married Keith Darlington in 1930, and was widowed in 1937. In 1943 she married trumpeter Don Pratt. They moved to Sedona, Arizona where in 1960 they started Pink Jeep Tours. They were later divorced. In 1974 she married Willis Maley. Darlington died on March 17, 1991 in Sedona, Arizona. Acting career Darlington's early musical skill in whistli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hey Diddle Diddle
"Hey Diddle Diddle" (also "Hi Diddle Diddle", "The Cat and the Fiddle", or "The Cow Jumped over the Moon") is an English nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19478. Lyrics and music A version of the rhyme is: Hey diddle diddle, The cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon; The little dog laughed To see such sport, And the dish ran away with the spoon. The rhyme is the source of the English expression " over the Moon", meaning "delighted, thrilled, extremely happy". \header global = chordNames = melody = \relative c'' verse = \lyricmode \score The melody commonly associated with the rhyme was first recorded by the composer and nursery rhyme collector James William Elliott in his ''National Nursery Rhymes and Nursery Songs'' (1870). The word "sport" in the rhyme is sometimes replaced with "fun", "a sight", or "craft". Origins The rhyme may date back to at least the sixteenth century. Some references suggest it dates back in some form a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baa Baa Black Sheep
"Baa, Baa, Black Sheep" is an English nursery rhyme, the earliest printed version of which dates from around 1744. The words have barely changed in two and a half centuries. It is sung to a variant of the 18th-century French melody "''Ah! vous dirai-je, maman''". Modern version ''The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes'' gives this modern version: The rhyme is a single stanza in trochaic metre, common in nursery rhymes and relatively easy for younger children. The Roud Folk Song Index classifies the song as 4439; variants have been collected across Great Britain and North America. Melody The rhyme is sung to a variant of the 18th-century French melody "''Ah! vous dirai-je, maman''", also used for "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star", "Little Polly Flinders", and " The ABC Song". The words and melody were first published together by A. H. Rosewig in ''(Illustrated National) Nursery Songs and Games'', published in Philadelphia in 1879. The text was translated to Swedish by August ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Boy Blue
"Little Boy Blue" is an English-language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 11318. Lyrics A common version of the rhyme is: Little Boy Blue, Come blow your horn. The sheep's in the meadow, The cow's in the corn. Where is the boy Who looks after the sheep? He's under the haystack, Fast asleep. Will you wake him? No, not I, For if I do, He's sure to cry. Origins and meaning The earliest printed version of the rhyme is in ''Tommy Thumb's Little Song Book'' (c. 1744), but the rhyme may be much older. It may be alluded to in Shakespeare's ''King Lear'' (III, vi) when Edgar, masquerading as Mad Tom, says: Sleepest or wakest thou, jolly shepheard? :Thy sheepe be in the corne; And for one blast of thy minikin mouth :Thy sheepe shall take no harme. I. Opie and P. Opie, ''The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes'' (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1951, 2nd edn., 1997), pp. 98–9. It has been argued that Little Boy Blue was intended to represent Cardinal Wolsey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Bo Peep
"Little Bo-Peep" or "Little Bo-Peep has lost her sheep" is a popular English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 6487. Lyrics and melody As with most products of oral tradition, there are many variations to the rhyme. The most common modern version is: :Little Bo-Peep has lost her sheep, :And doesn't know where to find them; :Leave them alone, and they'll come home, :Wagging their tails behind them. Common variations on the second line include "And can't tell where to find them." The fourth line is frequently given as "Bringing their tails behind them", or sometimes "Dragging their tails behind them". This alternative version is useful in the extended version, usually of four further stanzas. The melody commonly associated with the rhyme was first recorded in 1870 by the composer and nursery rhyme collector James William Elliott in his ''National Nursery Rhymes and Nursery Songs''. Additional verses The following additional verses are often ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sing A Song Of Sixpence
"Sing a Song of Sixpence" is an English nursery rhyme, perhaps originating in the 18th century. It is listed in the Roud Folk Song Index as number 13191. The sixpence in the rhyme is a British coin that was first minted in 1551 and became obsolete in 1971 when the country transitioned to the decimal currency system. Origins The rhyme's origins are uncertain. References have been inferred in Shakespeare's ''Twelfth Night'' (c. 1602), (), where Sir Toby Belch tells a clown: "Come on; there is sixpence for you: let's have a song" and in Beaumont and Fletcher's 1614 play '' Bonduca'', which contains the line "Whoa, here's a stir now! Sing a song o' sixpence!" In the past it has often been attributed to George Steevens (1736–1800), who used it in a pun at the expense of Poet Laureate Henry James Pye (1745–1813) in 1790, but the first verse had already appeared in print in '' Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book'', published in London around 1744, in the form: Sing a Song of Six ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Jack Horner
"Little Jack Horner" is a popular English nursery rhyme with the Roud Folk Song Index number 13027. First mentioned in the 18th century, it was early associated with acts of opportunism, particularly in politics. Moralism, Moralists also rewrote and expanded the poem so as to counter its celebration of greediness. The name of Jack Horner also came to be applied to a completely different and older poem on a Folklore, folkloric theme; and in the 19th century, it was claimed that the rhyme was originally composed in satirical reference to the dishonest actions of Thomas Horner in the Tudor period. Lyrics and melody The song’s most common lyrics are: It was first documented in full in the nursery rhyme collection ''Mother Goose's Melody, or, Sonnets for the Cradle'', which may date from 1765, although the earliest surviving English edition is from 1791. The melody commonly associated with the rhyme was first recorded by the composer and nursery rhyme collector James William E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Humpty Dumpty
Humpty Dumpty is a character in an English nursery rhyme, probably originally a riddle, and is typically portrayed as an anthropomorphic egg, though he is not explicitly described as such. The first recorded versions of the rhyme date from late eighteenth-century England and the tune from 1870 in James William Elliott's ''National Nursery Rhymes and Nursery Songs''. Its origins are obscure, and several theories have been advanced to suggest original meanings. The rhyme is listed in the Roud Folk Song Index as No. 13026. As a figure in nursery culture, the character appears under a variety of near-rhyming names, such as Lille Trille (Danish), Wirgele-Wargele (German), Hümpelken-Pümpelken (German) and Hobberti Bob (Pennsylvania Dutch). As a character and literary allusion, Humpty Dumpty was referred to in several works of literature and popular culture in the 19th century. Lewis Carroll in particular made him an animated egg in his 1871 book ''Through the Looking-Glass'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simple Simon (nursery Rhyme) , also known as "Simple Simon Says"
*Simple Simon (Simon Colbran), British social media star and football coach
*Simple Simon Burles, British associate from Barnet.
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Simple Simon may refer to: * ''Simple Simon'' (1922 film), a British romance film * ''Simple Simon'' (1935 film), a ComiColor Cartoons short film * ''Simple Simon'' (2010 film), a Swedish film * ''Simple Simon'' (musical), a 1930 Broadway musical * ''Simple Simon'' (novel), a 1996 novel by Ryne Douglas Pearson * "Simple Simon" (nursery rhyme), a nursery rhyme *Simple Simon (solitaire), a solitaire/patience card game * "Simple Simon" (song), a 1980 song by Australian rock band INXS * Simple Simon under, a knot *the children's game Simon Says Simon Says is a children's game for three or more players. One player takes the role of "Simon" and issues instructions (usually physical actions such as "jump in the air" or "stick out your tongue") to the other players, which should be foll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack And Jill (nursery Rhyme)
"Jack and Jill" (sometimes "Jack and Gill", particularly in earlier versions) is a traditional English nursery rhyme. The Roud Folk Song Index classifies the commonest tune and its variations as number 10266, although it has been set to several others. The original rhyme dates back to the 18th century and different numbers of verses were later added, each with variations in the wording. Throughout the 19th century new versions of the story were written featuring different incidents. A number of theories continue to be advanced to explain the rhyme's historical origin. Text The earliest version of the rhyme was in a reprint of John Newbery's '' Mother Goose's Melody'', thought to have been first published in London around 1765. The rhyming of "water" with "after" was taken by Iona and Peter Opie to suggest that the first verse might date from the 17th century. Jill was originally spelled Gill in the earliest version of the rhyme and the accompanying woodcut showed two boys at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
