{"id":596,"date":"2024-06-10T15:55:55","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T15:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/?p=596"},"modified":"2024-06-10T15:59:55","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T15:59:55","slug":"mm-6-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/2024\/06\/10\/mm-6-10\/","title":{"rendered":"MM &#8211; 6\/10"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>Song of my childhood&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"On Top of Spaghetti\" width=\"1140\" height=\"855\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HgOdKV5j0cM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>This Old Man:&nbsp;is a classic counting rhyme that teaches children about numbers and their sequence.&nbsp;The rhyme has a distinct rhyming pattern, with the base lines remaining constant in every verse.&nbsp;The rhyme was first published in 1937 by Anne Gilchrist, a nursery rhymes collector.&nbsp;However, similar versions were collected in England in the early 20th century with a variety of lyrics, including one published in 1906 by Cecil Sharp and Sabine Baring-Gould.&nbsp;In 1948, Pete Seeger and Ruth Crawford included the rhyme in their American Folk Songs for Children, and Seeger recorded it in 1953.&nbsp;The rhyme&#8217;s popularity increased when composer Malcolm Arnold adapted it for the 1958 film The Inn of the Sixth Happiness as &#8220;The Children&#8217;s Marching Song&#8221;.&nbsp;Cyril Stapleton and Mitch Miller both had hit singles with their versions of the song, both making the Top 40.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Most sources I&#8217;ve found believe \u201cThis Old Man\u201d&nbsp;refers to the influx of Irish beggars going door to door in England after the famine, either to sell knickknacks or to literally play a rhythm called &#8220;nick-nacks&#8221; using spoons in hopes of getting some change.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Some say that the song&#8217;s lyrics contain derogatory content and are unsuitable for storytime.&nbsp;The song includes the term &#8220;Paddywhack&#8221;, which is widely interpreted as offensive to Irish people.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8220;This Old Man&#8221; may also refer to a song book by Don Sullivan that features a peaceful dinosaur living the country life.&nbsp;The book includes sing-along lyrics to the classic rhyme on every spread.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Enjoy your day, Vic and Nahi!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Song of my childhood&#8230; This Old Man:&nbsp;is a classic counting rhyme that teaches children about numbers and their sequence.&nbsp;The rhyme has a distinct rhyming pattern, with the base lines remaining constant in every verse.&nbsp;The rhyme was first published in 1937 by Anne Gilchrist, a nursery rhymes collector.&nbsp;However, similar versions were collected in England in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/92"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}