Letter L Songs and Rhymes

La Cucaracha

La Cucaracha

La Cucaracha is a traditional folk song from Spain with unclear origins. Some sources suggest that it dates back to the Middle Ages, but the song is a “corrido” which means that the lyrics were …

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Lucy Locket

Lucy Locket

This was a well-known and popular rhyme on both sides of the Atlantic by the middle of the 19th Century and was sung to the tune of Yankee Doodle or Jack and Jill. Kitty Fisher, …

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Little Polly Flinders

Little Polly Flinders

This rhyme was first published in 1805 with the first line of, ‘Little Jenny Flinders.’ Over time this has become the ‘Polly’ we’re familiar with today.   Corporal punishment was a normal part of early 19th …

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Little Miss Muffet

Little Miss Muffet

There is a theory that Miss Muffet was Patience, the daughter of Dr. Thomas Muffet, a 16th-century entomologist. He had written a work in verse entitled ‘The Silkworms and Their Flies’ and was known as …

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Little Boy Blue

Little Boy Blue

It has been suggested that Little Boy Blue was supposed to represent Thomas, Cardinal Wolsey, who eventually was executed for treason, it does in fact very closely mimic the lines from Shakespeare’s King Lear, Act …

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Little Bo Peep

Little Bo Peep

Little Bo Peep is one of the best-known of all nursery rhymes. There are two conflicting stories about the origins of Little Bo Peep. One says that Bo Peep may refer to the popular game …

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Lavender’s Blue

Lavender's Blue

This is an ancient ditty first found in print during the late 17th century. It has no particular ‘hidden’ meaning.  While the song is very old even for traditional nursery rhyme standards, it became increasingly …

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