Nursery
Rhymes 
La
la la la la la la... tada.. Which rhymes you enjoyed singing aloud when you
were a kid?! And, do you like Mother Goose nursery rhymes, heeeee?! Well,
all of us came across those famous, catchy rhymes like "Baa baa black
sheep", "Humpy Dumpy sat on the wall...", "Hey Diddle
Diddle", etceteras, etceteras. To he honest, what do you think about
nursery rhymes?! When I was a kid (oops.. quite a long, long time ago >_<...)
I sometimes wondered why some rhymes were so strange and terrible... you know,
to a kid lines like "When the bough breaks, the
cradle will fall, Down will come baby, cradle, and alll"
<from Singing Baby to Sleep>;
"And whipped them all soundly and put them to bed"
<from The Old Woman in a Shoe>?!... I
therefore believed that some rhymes were in fact not written for children
; Or at least, the purpose of those terrible rhymes was to threaten or record
a tragedy event.
It was quite a eyebrow knitting question about the origins and purposes of Nursery Rhymes. In many cases, nursery rhymes began to be published in the 18th and 19th century. Yet rhymes from the time Rome ruled England had survived unchanged. Rhymes were originally for the grown-up as there often lay another layer of meaning beneath the obvious fun made in a rhyme.
In "Earl Cain" series, some nursery rhymes are applied. Here, I would like to type those inspired rhymes of "Earl Cain" - some even contain their correpsonding songs! If you are interested in any of the rhyme, click it and start your rhyme reading.. And, are you ready to sing one of these rhymes?!
| Humpty Dumpty | Royal
Economy  |
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| Who Killed Cock Robin | There Was a Crooked Man | |
| Baa Baa Black Sheep | Georgie Porgie | |
| Little Miss Muffet | The
Misfortune of Simple Simon  |
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Lizzie Borden |
An
Apple Pie |
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To
read /sing the rhymes, click them, okay?!
Those underlined titles can be clicked! Check Them Out!!
Who
Killed Cock Robin (95%
applied) Who
killed Cock Robin (version 2))
- among the 3 rhymes applied in Cain series, this rhyme
is highly applied in the story "Who Killed Cock Robin" ! You see,
even the story's name is the same as the rhyme's!! This rhyme is about poor
Cock Robin was killed and so, the animals asked who killed Cock Robin and
a serious of questions and answers are raised and replied in similar manners.
In "Earl Cain" vol. 2 <Who Killed Cock Robin" , the story
started with a mysterious death of a little girl (Cock Robin). This adorable
girl's playmates were killed like the way described from the rhyme "Who
Killed Cock Robin". It seems that the murderer killed according to the
rhyme. Is it the Black Angel who killed those innocent children or.. someone
had to do that to hid his forbiddened, immoral love?! At the end of the story,
the murderer himself was killed as well. But, who killed him? "I",
someone smiled and said !
Royal Economy
(20% applied)
- the rhyme is about good King Arthur has done something
foolish that he baked a pudding and at last, his queen was fried next morning.
This rhyme is not highly applied in "Earl Cain" vol. 2 <The Tragedy
of Miss Pudding, which is being cut into pieces and eaten>. Only the tasty
dessert , black plums pudding was used as the key of the tragedy?!
for the story summary, I later will write it here, please
wait for a while,
Humpty Dumpty
(3 % applied)
- Oops.. I guess "Humpty Dumpty" is the most
well-known rhyme among children?! Do you like this song? As we all know, Humpty
Dumpty is about poor Mr. Egg who had a great fall .. >_<.. and no one
can ever paste his broken shell back >_<... This rhyme inspired the
story of "The Sound of the Youth Birth"
"The Sound
of the Youth Birth" tells you the background of Cain. Why Cain's father
hates him so much and how Cain's loyal butler, Lief meets Cain. I think readers
should read this story first as it helps us learn more about Cain. This story
is listed in vol. 2.
The
13 o'clock Fairy Tale
- this rhyme is not listed in any Cain's story,
it's listed at the ending page of "Earl Cain". kind of cool, I think,
take a peek please... heeee
Sunday's Solomon
Grundy (95% applied)
- "Sunday's Solomon Grundy" is a new story
after the long disappearance of "Earl Cain" comic. Yes! Ms. Kaori
Yuki is back to Cain's works again! This story is published in "Hana
to Yume" (Flowers & Dreams). It will soon be recorded in vol. 6 of
Earl Cain comic. The story is about a widow who told a story to Cain in a
carriage: The widow tells Cain the story of her husband, who was born and
dead in 6 days - just like the character in the nursery rhyme "Solomon
Grundy". What happened on the husband is exactly the same as "Solmon
Grundy": Born on Monday, Christened on Tuesday, Married on Wednesday,
. . . . . . and buried on Sunday. read
the story
There
Was A Crooked Man
(10% applied)
This rhyme
is introudced at the very begining of the story 'The Little Crooked House'
(this title is in fact a line of this rhyme). I think it's not highly realted
to the rhyme, but the "twisted" ideas are applied to the girl character
- Rebecca. Rebecca is a poor beautiful young lame, who lives in a house with
lots of so-alive dolls! Rebecca's background is a tragedy as her mother left
her and even wanted to kill her! By chance, Merryweather (Cain's younger sis)
made friends with Rebecca, who at last force her to stay with her in the Little
Crooked House for good. What is Cain going to do?! Can he save his treasurable
little sister at last?! And, why there are so many 'look alive' dolls in Rebecca's
crooked house?! Read the story here (under construction,
sorry)
Baa
Baa Black Sheep
( 5 % applied)
'Black Sheep' one of the latest stories
from the new series of Earl Cain -"The GOD CHILD Chapter". Only
the title of the rhyme is used. Except this, the story is not related to any
lines of the rhyme. It is about little Cain and Riff (or Lief). Cain inherited
his father as the Earl. He employed Riff as the new butler of The Hargreaves'.
On the other hand, a new, beautiful French chambermaid has a crush on Riff.
Cain shows the valuable trasures of the Hargeaves to Riff in a secret room.
Cain told Riff the secret key to the family's trasures is the Black Sheep.
When they were talking, the French chambermaid saw that. She asked Riff met
her in the secret room. However, at the end, that French chambermaid is found
dead. The only person with the dead body is Riff. Did Riff kill that French
chambermaid?! And why? Or, the murder is related to the Black Sheep?! Who
is the Black Sheep?! What would Cain do?! Read
the story here now !
Sing
A Song of Sixpence
'Sing a song of Sixpence', another well-known
mother goose songs, is applied in the story 'Bloodberry Jam' in GOD CHILD.
'Bloodberry Jam' is a sad story about a 'kind' grandmother who lost her loved
grandmother. This granny is good at making pie for her granddaugher who never
came back. By chance, she treats Merryweather as her dead granddaughter. Being
protected by her 24 blackbirds, this granny lives happily ever after? Read
the story here now !
Georgie
Porgie
( 35 % applied) 
Together with 'Sing a song of Sixpence',
this rhyme is used in 'Bloodberry Jam' too! The leading character of 'Bloodbery
Jam' is called Georgie Bargie who is always being called as 'Georgie Porgie'
by her great aunite. This Georgie is going to sell his great auntie's house,
can his wicked plan be carried? Will Cain stop him? Read
the story here now !
The
Misfortune of Simple Simon
this rhyme
is not listed in any Cain's story, but its ending line is applied as the last
line of Cain's story!
click the title and read it!
Lizzie
Borden (
this rhyme is sung by Merry, but the whole story is not related to this rhyme)
technially
speaking, it's not a nursery rhyme, but a jumping rope rhyme, created in 1892
due to the unsolved murder of Lizzie's parents. The rhyme is sung to Cain
by Merryweather in Vol. 2 the story of 'The Tragedy of Miss Pudding, which
is being cut into peieces and eaten). Cain told Merryweather that he didn't
know many nursery rhymes becuase no one sang nor taught him any when he was
a child. And so, Merryweather sung 3 rhymes to Cain and one fo them is "Lizzie
Borden".
click the title and read it!
An
Apple Pie
it is not
appiled on any EC story, but mentioned by Kaori Yuki from the talking column
in Vol.2 - the story of "The Tragedy of Miss Pudding, which is being
cut into peieces and eaten".
click the title and read it!
M Favorite rhymes which I used to sing:
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Hey Diddle Diddle
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1, 2, 3, 4, 5
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Tongue
Twister
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Singing
Baby to Sleep
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If you want to learn more
about Mother Goose oval rhymes, just ask your search engines to give you a
hand, okay dokie?! Do it now! heeee. Those funky rhymes are waiting for your
to be their companies! Those nursery rhymes listed here are based on:
Iona and Peter Opie, The Puffin Book of Nursery Rhymes, Penguin Group, 1963.
ISBN 0-14-030200-X