where did the humpty dumpty rhyme come from
Humpty Dumpty Humpty Dumpty is a character in an English nursery rhyme, probably originally a riddle and one of the best known in the English-speaking world. He is typically portrayed as a personified egg, though he is not explicitly described as such. The first recorded versions of the rhyme date from late eighteenth-century England and the tune from 1870 in James William Elliott's National Nursery Rhymes and Nursery Songs.[1] Its origins are obscure and several theories have been advanced to suggest original meanings.
It's Raining, It's Pouring The first two lines of this rhyme can be found in The Little Mother Goose, published in the US in 1912.[2] The melody most often associated with it is the same as "A Tisket, A Tasket", which is in the public domain. The earliest known audio recording of the song was made in 1939 in New York by anthropologist and folklorist Herbert Halpert and is held in the Library of Congress.[3] It was noted in 1939 in New York by Charles Ives (1874â€“1954) and a version of it was copyrighted in 1944 by Freda Selicoff.[4]