The Annotated Mother Goose

356 Pages·1990·35.79 MB·English

by  S William

The
ANNOTATED
Mother Goose
BRAMHALL HOUSE NEWYORK
•
The
ANNOTATED
Mother Goose
NURSERY RHYMES OLD AND NEW,
ARRANGED AND EXPLAINED
BY
WILUAM
BARING-GOULD
S.
CEIL BARING-GOULD
ILLUSTRATED BY
WALTER CRANE,RANDOLPH CALDECOTT,
KATE GREENAWAY, ARTHUR RACKHAM,
MAXFIELD PARRISH, AND EARLY
HISTORICALWOODCUTS
With ChapterDecorations by E. M. Simon
LibraryofCongressCardCatalogNumber62-21606
Copyright© mcmlxii byWilliamS.andCeilBaring-Gould
AllRightsReserved
Manufactured in theUnitedStatesofAmerica
DesignedbyHaroldBackman,MarilynBrooks,andAaron Heller
(G)
This book ISfor ourdaughter,Judy, andourson.Bill.
Acknowledgments
TheAuthorswishtoacknowledgethegenerosityandassistanceot: Frederick
Warne and Co., Ltd., for permission to reproduce Illustrations from the
followingbooks: mothergoose,ortheoldnurseryrhymesillustratedby
KateGreenaway;baby'soperaillustratedbyWalterCrane;Randolphcalde-
cott's first collection of pictures and song; the hey diddle diddle
picturebookillustratedby RandolphCaldecott;TheBritishMuseum,for
permission toreproducesomeofthepictures fromtommythumb's pretty
songbook;TheAmericanAntiquarianSociety,forpermissiontoreproduce
illustrationsfromtheiredition ofmothergoose'smelody; theexecutor of
the Arthur Rackham Estate for permission to reproduce a numberof the
artist's illustrations in mothergoose,theoldnurseryrhymes, published
byWilliamHeinemannLtd.;andJustinSchillerforhiskindnessinlending
mother goose in prose by L. Frank Baum, so that the Maxfield Parrish
illustrations can grace these pages.
Table of Contents
I All About "Mother Goose" 11
II The PrettySongsofTommy Thumb 23
III And a Melody ofTwenty-five Others 49
IV Simple Simon and Nancy Cock 67
V GammerGurton'sGarland 75
VI Tom Tit—The Piper's Son—and Some
ChristmasBoxes 101
VII Old Mother Hubbardand OtherSongs
fortheNmisery 109
VIII More Catches and Dittiesand Jingles
andChimes 121
IX SomeThatCameLaterThat Might
Have Come Before 133
X Young Father (ioosc 141
XI Mollicr Cloosc's Almanack 179
XII MotherGoose'sCharms,Auguries,
andNatureLore 201
XIII MotherGoose'sLullabiesandGameSongs 223
XIV MotherCioose'sRiddlesandTongueTwisters 267
XV MotherGoose's\ViseSayings 287
XVI Nineteenth-Century Boutjuet 295
XVII ModernOld MotherGoose 313
XVIII MotherGooseTomorro^v 329
Bibliography 333
IndexofFirst Lines 341
smooth stones from the brook of time,
. . .
worn round by constant friction of tongues
long silent.
AndrewLang
Here MotherGooseon WinterNights
Theoldandyoungshebothdelights.
SCOTCHCHAPBOOKOF 1817