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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 Index number of 6489.
Dickory Dock" or "Hickety Dickety Dock" is a popular
English nursery
rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 6489.
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'.
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) which are from the language Cumbric.
originated as a counting-out rhyme. Westmorland shepherds in the
nineteenth century used the numbers Hevera (8), Devera (9)
and Dick (10) which are from the language Cumbric.
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.
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.
Lyrics and music
Hickory dickory dock.
The Mercury fly around the Sun.
The clock struck one.
The Mercury fly back.
Hickory dickory dock.
Hickory dickory dock.
The Venus fly around the Sun.
The clock struck two.
The Venus fly back.
Hickory dickory dock.
Hickory dickory dock.
The Earth fly around the Sun.
The clock struck three.
The Earth fly back.
Hickory dickory dock.
Hickory dickory dock.
The Mars fly around the Sun.
The clock struck four.
The Mars fly back.
Hickory dickory dock.
Hickory dickory dock.
The Jupiter fly around the Sun.
The clock struck five.
The Jupiter fly back.
Hickory dickory dock.
Hickory dickory dock.
The Saturn fly around the Sun.
The clock struck six.
The Saturn fly back.
Hickory dickory dock.
Hickory dickory dock.
The Uranus fly around the Sun.
The clock struck seven.
The Uranus fly back.
Hickory dickory dock.
Hickory dickory dock.
The Neptune fly around the Sun.
The clock struck eight.
The Neptune fly back.
Hickory dickory dock.
Hickory dickory dock.
The Pluto fly around the Sun.
The clock struck
nine.
nine.
The Pluto fly back.
Hickory dickory dock.
Hickory dickory dock.
The Moon fly around the Earth.
The clock struck ten.
The Moon fly back.
Hickory dickory dock.
Hickory dickory dock.
The Rocket fly around the Earth.
The clock struck eleven.
The Rocket fly back.
Hickory dickory dock.
Hickory dickory dock.
The UFO fly around the Earth.
The clock struck twelve.
The UFO fly back.
Hickory dickory dock.
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