Canções de Crianças - Nursery Rhymes (continuação)
Ride a cock horse*
Ride a cock horse
to Banbury Cross
To see a fine lady
upon a white horse
With rings on her fingers
and bells on her toes
She shall have music
wherever she goes
Curiosity: Ride a cock horse - English history origins The lyrics of this nursery rhyme relate to Queen Elizabeth I of England (the fine lady) who travelled to Banbury (a town in England) to see the new huge stone cross which had just been erected. The lyrics 'With rings on her fingers' obviously relates to the fine jewellery which would adorn a Queen. The words 'And bells on her toes' refers to the fashion of attaching bells to the end of the pointed toes of each shoe! Banbury was situated at the top of a steep hill and in order to help carriages up the steep incline a white cock horse (a large stallion) was made available to help with this task. When the Queen's carriage attempted to go up the hill a wheel broke and the Queen chose to mount the cock horse to reach the Banbury cross. Her visit was so important that the people of the town had decorated the cock horse with ribbons and bells and provided minstrels to accompany her - "she shall have music wherever she goes". The big cross at Banbury was later destroyed by anti - Catholics. source: http://www.famousquotes.me.uk/nursery_rhymes/ride_a_cock_horse.htm |
*Um "Cock-horse" é qualquer coisa em que uma criança anda e que brinca de ser um cavalo (horse). Por exemplo, o colo de alguém, ou cavalinhos de pau como os das figuras acima.
Hey! diddle, diddle
Hey! diddle, diddle,
The cat and the fiddle,
The cow jumped over the moon;
The little dog laughed
To see such sport,
And the dish ran away
with the spoon.
Curiosity: Fantasy Nursery Rhyme! Origins and history source: http://www.famousquotes.me.uk/nursery_rhymes/hey_diddle_diddle.htm |
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