“Jack and Jill”
Description
"Jack and Jill went up the hill To fetch a pail of water. Jack fell down and broke his crown, And Jill came tumbling after."
Notes
In line with her standard attempts to make mountains out of nursery rhymes, Katherine Elwes Thomas thought that this song was about Cardinal Thomas Wolsey (d. 1530). Evidently it isn't just Republican Presidents who live in fantasy worlds. - RBW
References
- Opie-Oxford2 254, "Jack and Jill went up the hill" (1 text)
- Baring-Gould-MotherGoose #48, pp. 58-59, "(Jack and Gill)"
- Roud #10266
- BI, BGMG058