Some speculate that this "merry old soul" of nursery rhyme fame was based on a real king of 3rd century Britain
.temember my Christmas picture a few ars ago Charles ...... 
Walt Disney turns the pages of Mother Goose's familiar nursery rhymes to create 
a ... Old King Cole (Hugh Herbert) was a merry old soul, a merry old soul was he;
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