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{{quote| ''Sing a song of sixpence,''<br />
''A pocketful of rye''<br />
''Four-and-twenty blackbirds''<br />
''Baked in a pie.'' }}
 
Nursery rhymes. Full of rhyme and rhythm and odd images. Not so full of sense.
 
{{quote| ''Rock-a-bye baby in the treetop''<br />
''When the wind blows the cradle will rock''<br />
''When the bough breaks, the cradle will fall''<br />
''And down will come baby, cradle and all.'' }}
 
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Characters from nursery rhymes, like Old King Cole, Humpty Dumpty, or Mother Goose herself are [[Public Domain Character|Public Domain Characters]] that may feature in all kinds of works. The writer may try to explain their rhymes -- often enough, with a [[Parody]] origin.
 
{{quote| ''Hey-diddle-diddle, the cat and the fiddle''<br />
''The cow jumped over the moon''<br />
''The little dog laughed to see such a sight.''<br />
''And the dish ran away with the spoon.'' }}