"Solomon Grundy" is an English nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19299. [1]
Lyrics
The rhyme has varied very little since it was first collected by James Orchard Halliwell and published in 1842 with the lyrics:
Solomon Grundy,
Born on a Monday,
Christened on Tuesday,
Married on Wednesday,
Took ill on Thursday,
Worse on Friday,
Died on Saturday,
Buried on Sunday.
This is the end
Of Solomon Grundy. [2]
The words of a French version of the rhyme were adapted by the Dada poet Philippe Soupault in 1921 and published as an account of his own life:
PHILIPPE SOUPAULT dans son lit / né un lundi / baptisé un mardi / marié un mercredi / malade un jeudi / agonisant un vendredi / mort un samedi / enterré un dimanche / c'est la vie de Philippe Soupault [3] [4]
See also
- " Dashing Away with the Smoothing Iron", a traditional English folk song written in the 19th century about a housewife carrying out one part of her linen chores each day of the week
- " Monday's Child", a traditional English rhyme mentioning the days of the week
References
- ^ "Roud Folksong Index S276827Solomon Grundy, born on a Monday". Vaughan Williams Memorial Library. English Folk Dance and Song Society. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- ^ I. Opie and P. Opie (1951). The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes (2nd edn., 1997) ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 467-9.
- ^ Stewart, Susan (1979). Nonsense: Aspects of Intertextuality in Folklore and Literature. Johns Hopkins. p. 191. ISBN 0-8018-2258-0.
- ^ Littérature 19, May 1921, included under the title "Les chansons des buts et des rois" (PDF). among several other adaptations of nursery rhymes
"Solomon Grundy" is an English nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19299. [1]
Lyrics
The rhyme has varied very little since it was first collected by James Orchard Halliwell and published in 1842 with the lyrics:
Solomon Grundy,
Born on a Monday,
Christened on Tuesday,
Married on Wednesday,
Took ill on Thursday,
Worse on Friday,
Died on Saturday,
Buried on Sunday.
This is the end
Of Solomon Grundy. [2]
The words of a French version of the rhyme were adapted by the Dada poet Philippe Soupault in 1921 and published as an account of his own life:
PHILIPPE SOUPAULT dans son lit / né un lundi / baptisé un mardi / marié un mercredi / malade un jeudi / agonisant un vendredi / mort un samedi / enterré un dimanche / c'est la vie de Philippe Soupault [3] [4]
See also
- " Dashing Away with the Smoothing Iron", a traditional English folk song written in the 19th century about a housewife carrying out one part of her linen chores each day of the week
- " Monday's Child", a traditional English rhyme mentioning the days of the week
References
- ^ "Roud Folksong Index S276827Solomon Grundy, born on a Monday". Vaughan Williams Memorial Library. English Folk Dance and Song Society. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- ^ I. Opie and P. Opie (1951). The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes (2nd edn., 1997) ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 467-9.
- ^ Stewart, Susan (1979). Nonsense: Aspects of Intertextuality in Folklore and Literature. Johns Hopkins. p. 191. ISBN 0-8018-2258-0.
- ^ Littérature 19, May 1921, included under the title "Les chansons des buts et des rois" (PDF). among several other adaptations of nursery rhymes