✦ The Rhyme ✦
Hickory Dickory Dock
Traditional English nursery rhyme. Public domain.
Hickory, dickory, dock, The mouse ran up the clock. The clock struck one, The mouse ran down, Hickory, dickory, dock.
✦ A Nursery Rhyme ✦
The mouse ran up the clock. The clock struck one, the mouse ran down. A perfect first rhyme for little ones learning to count and tell time.
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✦ The Rhyme ✦
Traditional English nursery rhyme. Public domain.
Hickory, dickory, dock, The mouse ran up the clock. The clock struck one, The mouse ran down, Hickory, dickory, dock.
✦ About the Rhyme ✦
“Hickory Dickory Dock” has been printed since the 1740s. The opening words are nonsense sounds, possibly meant to imitate the tick-tock of a big old clock.
The clock in the rhyme is the tall kind once found in front halls, sometimes called a grandfather clock. Children often add new verses, with the clock striking two, three, and four, and a new animal each time.
✦ Talk About It ✦