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Hickory dickory dock.
"Hickory
Dickory Dock" or "Hickety Dickety Dock" is a popular
English nursery rhyme. It has
a Roud Folk Song
Indexnumber of 6489.
Dickory Dock" or "Hickety Dickety Dock" is a popular
English nursery rhyme. It has
a Roud Folk Song
Indexnumber of 6489.
Lyrics and music
Hickory dickory dock.
The mouse went up the clock.
The mouse went up the clock.
The clock struck one. The
mouse went down.
mouse went down.
Hickory dickory
dock.
dock.
Tick tock, tick tock,
tick tock, tick tock.
tick tock, tick tock.
Hickory dickory dock.
The mouse went up the clock.
The mouse went up the clock.
The clock struck two. The mouse went down.
Hickory dickory
dock.
dock.
Tick tock, tick tock,
tick tock, tick tock.
tick tock, tick tock.
Hickory dickory dock.
The mouse went up the clock.
The mouse went up the clock.
The clock struck three. The mouse went down.
Hickory dickory
dock.
dock.
Tick tock, tick tock,
tick tock, tick tock.
tick tock, tick tock.
Hickory dickory dock.
The mouse went up the clock.
The mouse went up the clock.
The clock struck four. The mouse went down.
Hickory dickory
dock.
dock.
Tick tock, tick tock,
tick tock, tick tock.
tick tock, tick tock.
Hickory dickory dock.
The mouse went up the clock.
The mouse went up the clock.
The clock struck five. The mouse went down.
Hickory dickory
dock.
dock.
Tick tock, tick tock,
tick tock, tick tock.
tick tock, tick tock.
Hickory dickory dock.
The mouse went up the clock.
The mouse went up the clock.
The clock struck six. The mouse went down.
Hickory dickory dock.
Tick tock, tick tock,
tick tock, tick tock.
tick tock, tick tock.
Hickory dickory dock.
The mouse went up the clock.
The mouse went up the clock.
The clock struck seven. The mouse went down.
Hickory dickory
dock.
dock.
Tick tock, tick tock,
tick tock, tick tock.
tick tock, tick tock.
Hickory dickory dock.
The mouse went up the clock.
The mouse went up the clock.
The clock struck eight. The mouse went down.
Hickory dickory
dock.
dock.
Tick tock, tick tock,
tick tock, tick tock.
tick tock, tick tock.
Hickory dickory dock.
The mouse went up the clock.
The mouse went up the clock.
The clock struck nine. The mouse went down.
Hickory dickory
dock.
dock.
Tick tock, tick tock,
tick tock, tick tock.
tick tock, tick tock.
Hickory dickory dock.
The mouse went up the clock.
The mouse went up the clock.
The clock struck ten. The mouse went down.
Hickory dickory
dock.
dock.
Tick tock, tick tock,
tick tock, tick tock.
tick tock, tick tock.
Hickory dickory dock.
The mouse went up the clock.
The mouse went up the clock.
The clock struck eleven. The mouse went down.
Hickory dickory
dock.
dock.
Tick tock, tick tock,
tick tock, tick tock.
tick tock, tick tock.
Hickory dickory dock.
The mouse went up the clock.
The mouse went up the clock.
The clock struck twelve. The mouse went down.
Hickory dickory
dock.
dock.
Tick tock, tick tock,
tick tock, tick tock.
tick tock, tick tock.
Other variants include
"down the mouse ran" or "down the mouse
run" or "and down he ran" or "and down he run" in
place of "the mouse ran down".
"down the mouse ran" or "down the mouse
run" or "and down he ran" or "and down he run" in
place of "the mouse ran down".
Origins and meaning
The
earliest recorded version of the rhyme is in Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book, published in London in about 1744, which uses the
opening line: 'Hickere, Dickere Dock'. The next recorded version in Mother
Goose's Melody (c. 1765), uses 'Dickery, Dickery Dock'.
earliest recorded version of the rhyme is in Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book, published in London in about 1744, which uses the
opening line: 'Hickere, Dickere Dock'. The next recorded version in Mother
Goose's Melody (c. 1765), uses 'Dickery, Dickery Dock'.
The
rhyme is thought by some commentators to have originated as a counting-out rhyme.
Westmorland shepherds in the nineteenth century used the numbers Hevera (8), Devera (9)
and Dick (10).
rhyme is thought by some commentators to have originated as a counting-out rhyme.
Westmorland shepherds in the nineteenth century used the numbers Hevera (8), Devera (9)
and Dick (10).
The
rhyme is thought to have been based on the astronomical clock at Exeter Cathedral. The clock has a small hole in the door below the
face for the resident cat to hunt mice.
rhyme is thought to have been based on the astronomical clock at Exeter Cathedral. The clock has a small hole in the door below the
face for the resident cat to hunt mice.
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