Somewhat Off-Topic

Ah! greg stephens, your comment about "Sultan's Polka" combined my interest in name origins & meanings with my interest in children's rhymes, and specifically source materials {speculative or not} for the words to and the tunes used by specific rhymes!

I'm wondering what you meant by "Its first theme is used for the nursery rhyme".

Does "first theme" mean the first verse? Or are you saying that the tune used in that nursery rhyme is the same as the first "theme" used in Sultan's Polka?

Through googling I see that Sultan's polka was: composed for the piano-forte 1860 - 1869 by Charles d'Albert.

Does Sultan's Polka have any lyrics?

Thanks!