Ring around a rosy...
Language: English
Ring-a-ring o' roses, A pocket full of posies. A-tishoo! A-tishoo! We all fall down!
Common British version
Common American version: Ring around the rosie, A pocket full of posies. Ashes! Ashes! We all fall down! Delamar, Gloria T. Mother Goose, from Nursery to Literature, Lincoln, Nebraska : iUniverse, (2001) [1987], p.38 ----- A ring – a ring of roses, Laps full of posies; Awake – awake! Now come and make A ring – a ring of roses. Stephens, Ann S., The Old Homestead, London : Sampson, Low, Son & Co., 1855, p. 213 ----- Ring-a-ring-a-roses, A pocket full of posies; Hush! hush! hush! hush! We're all tumbled down. Greenaway, Kate (n.d.) .Mother Goose, or the Old Nursery Rhymes, London : Frederick Warne and Co 1881, p. 52
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Laura Greenberg (b. 1960), "Ring around a rosy...", 1988 [ satb chorus ], from My Heart Leaps Up, no. 7, ACA
Publisher: ACA [external link] [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2026-11-07
Line count: 4
Word count: 14