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30 Mar 17 - 07:39 PM (#3847690) Subject: Lyr Add: Humpty Dumpty From: GUEST Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the king's horses And all the king's men Couldn't put Humpty Dumpty Together Version 2. Humpty Dumpty sat upon the wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the king's dwarfs And all the king's soldiers Couldn't put Humpty Dumpty Back to rights Version 3 Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. Threescore men and threescore more Couldn't put Humpty Dumpty Where he was before. |
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30 Mar 17 - 10:02 PM (#3847711) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Humpty Dumpty From: Joe Offer Background? Source? Significance? |
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31 Mar 17 - 07:44 AM (#3847776) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Humpty Dumpty From: Dave the Gnome If they are supposed to rhyme (assuming here that they are nursery rhymes) the first one (the one that I know)should be 'couldn't put Humpty together again The second would rhyme using "all the King's dwarfs and all the King's knights" But, maybe they should not rhyme? Who knows! DtG |
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31 Mar 17 - 06:15 PM (#3847897) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Humpty Dumpty From: Joe_F According to The Annotated Mother Goose, the oldest published version is (essentially) no. 3: Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall; Threescore men and threescore more Cannot place Humpty Dumpty as he was before. -- Gamma Gurton's Garland, 1810; but the horses-and-men version is about as old, and indeed, the rhyme as a whole must be much older. Note that this is a riddle, the answer being "an egg"; but for most of us, "Through the Looking-Glass" was a spoiler. |
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01 Apr 17 - 10:50 AM (#3848001) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Humpty Dumpty From: Mo the caller Well the first version with last line 'together again' is the only one recited in England. Yes I know someone will prove me wrong, but I've never heard any other. |