✦ The Rhyme ✦
Humpty Dumpty
Traditional English nursery rhyme. Public domain.
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall; All the king’s horses and all the king’s men Couldn’t put Humpty together again.
✦ A Nursery Rhyme ✦
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. One of the most famous nursery rhymes ever written, and it began as a riddle.
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✦ The Rhyme ✦
Traditional English nursery rhyme. Public domain.
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall; All the king’s horses and all the king’s men Couldn’t put Humpty together again.
✦ About the Rhyme ✦
“Humpty Dumpty” first appeared in print around 1800, and it was originally a riddle. The rhyme never says what Humpty is, so listeners had to guess what could fall and never be put back together. The answer is an egg.
Humpty became so famous as an egg that Lewis Carroll gave him a starring role in Through the Looking-Glass in 1871, sitting on a wall and arguing with Alice about words.
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