Old King Cole
Nursery Rhyme from Mother Goose

Old King Cole nursery rhyme

First appearance in print: 1708-9

Interesting: Many different kings have been theorized to be the inspiration for this nursery rhyme.

Old King Cole
Was a merry old soul,
And a merry old soul was he;

He called for his pipe,
And he called for his bowl,
And he called for his fiddlers three!

And every fiddler, he had a fine fiddle,
And a very fine fiddle had he.
"Twee tweedle dee, tweedle dee, went the fiddlers.

Oh, there's none so rare
As can compare
With King Cole and his fiddlers three.

The Old King Cole nursery rhyme appears in Blanche Fisher Wright's classic The Real Mother Goose collection.

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