Solomon Grundy

Not to be confused with Salmagundi or Solomon Gundy.
For other uses, see Solomon Grundy (disambiguation).
"Solomon Grundy"
Roud #19299
Song
Written United Kingdom
Published 1842
Form Nursery rhyme
Writer(s) Traditional
Language English

"Solomon Grundy" is an English nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19299.[1]

Lyrics

The rhyme has varied very little since it was first collected by James Orchard Halliwell and published in 1842 with the lyrics:

Solomon Grundy,
Born on a Monday,
Christened on Tuesday,
Married on Wednesday,
Took ill on Thursday,
Grew worse on Friday,
Died on Saturday,
Buried on Sunday,
That was the tale,
Of Solomon Grundy.[1]

  1. ^ I. Opie and P. Opie, The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes (Oxford University Press, 1951, 2nd edn., 1997), p. 394-5.

Versions

Long version:

Solomon Grundy, born on a Monday,
Christened on a stark and stormy Tuesday,
Married on a gray and grisly Wednesday,
Took ill on a mild and mellow Thursday,
Grew worse on a bright and breezy Friday,
Died on a gay and glorious Saturday,
Buried on a baking, blistering Sunday.
That was the end of Solomon Grundy.[8]

Short version:

Solomon Grundy,
Born on a Monday,
Christened on Tuesday,
Married on Wednesday,
Took ill on Thursday,
Worse on Friday,
Died on Saturday,
Buried on Sunday.
That was the end
Of Solomon Grundy.[9]

See also

References

  1. "Roud Folksong Index S276827Solomon Grundy, born on a Monday". Vaughan Williams Memorial Library. English Folk Dance and Song Society. Retrieved May 20, 2016.
  2. Conroy, M. 500 Comicbook Villains (Collins & Brown, 2004), p. 262.
  3. Yuki, Kaori. Godchild, vol 5, VIZ Media LLC, 2007.
  4. Stewart, Susan. Nonsense: Aspects of Intertextuality in Folklore and Literature, Johns Hopkins, 1979, p. 191. ISBN 0-8018-2258-0
  5. The Days of Solomon Gursky title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
  6. Fforde, Jasper. The Big Over Easy (2006) p.163
  7. Superman's Song
  8. www.nursery-rhymes.org
  9. www.rhymezone.com
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