Two Little Dickie Birds
an English language nursery rhyme and fingerplay. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 16401.
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Modern versions of the rhyme include:
Two little dickie birds sitting on a wall.
One named Peter, one named Paul.
Fly away, Peter! Fly away, Paul!
Come back, Peter! Come back, Paul!
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The rhyme was first recorded when published in Mother Goose's Melody in London around 1765. In this version the names of the birds were Jack and Gill:
There were two blackbirds
Sat upon a hill,
The one was nam'd Jack,
The other nam'd Gill;
Fly away Jack,
Fly away Gill,
Come again Jack,
Come again Gill.
These names seem to have been replaced with the apostles Peter and Paul in the 19th century
Two Little Dickie Birds
an English language nursery rhyme and fingerplay. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 16401.
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Modern versions of the rhyme include:
Two little dickie birds sitting on a wall.
One named Peter, one named Paul.
Fly away, Peter! Fly away, Paul!
Come back, Peter! Come back, Paul!
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The rhyme was first recorded when published in Mother Goose's Melody in London around 1765. In this version the names of the birds were Jack and Gill:
There were two blackbirds
Sat upon a hill,
The one was nam'd Jack,
The other nam'd Gill;
Fly away Jack,
Fly away Gill,
Come again Jack,
Come again Gill.
These names seem to have been replaced with the apostles Peter and Paul in the 19th century