nursery rhyme "Oranges and Lemons"

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English nursery rhyme children's song nursery rhyme singing game

"Oranges and Lemons" is a traditional English nursery rhyme and singing game that references the bells of several London churches and is known for its distinctive, rhythmic verse.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Oranges and Lemons	0
"Oranges and Lemons"	1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	English nursery rhyme ⓘ children's song ⓘ nursery rhyme ⓘ singing game ⓘ
associatedWithLocation	City of London NERFINISHED ⓘ East End of London NERFINISHED ⓘ
collectedBy	Iona Opie NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Opie NERFINISHED ⓘ
collectedIn	The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	England ⓘ
dateOfFirstAttestation	18th century ⓘ
describes	bells of London churches ⓘ
genre	children's music ⓘ nursery rhyme ⓘ traditional song ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	call-and-response pattern ⓘ repetitive structure ⓘ rhymed couplets ⓘ strong rhythm ⓘ
hasEarliestPrintedVersion	mid-18th century ⓘ
hasForm	counting-out game ⓘ singing game ⓘ
hasGameMechanic	capturing a child on the final line of the rhyme ⓘ other children passing under the arch in a line ⓘ two children forming an arch with their arms ⓘ
hasLine	Here comes a candle to light you to bed ⓘ Here comes a chopper to chop off your head ⓘ I do not know, says the great bell of Bow ⓘ Oranges and lemons, say the bells of St Clement's ⓘ When I grow rich, say the bells of Shoreditch ⓘ When will that be? say the bells of Stepney NERFINISHED ⓘ When will you pay me? say the bells of Old Bailey ⓘ You owe me five farthings, say the bells of St Martin's ⓘ
hasTheme	London church bells ⓘ debt and payment ⓘ execution imagery ⓘ
hasVariant	regional text variations in Britain ⓘ
influenced	popular culture depictions of London bells ⓘ
intendedAudience	children ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mentions	Bow NERFINISHED ⓘ Old Bailey NERFINISHED ⓘ Shoreditch NERFINISHED ⓘ St Clement's Church NERFINISHED ⓘ St Martin's Church NERFINISHED ⓘ Stepney NERFINISHED ⓘ
modeOfPerformance	chanted ⓘ sung ⓘ
referencedIn	Nineteen Eighty-Four NERFINISHED ⓘ works of English children's literature ⓘ
usedIn	children's playground games ⓘ circle games ⓘ singing games ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

St Clement Eastcheap church → associatedWith → nursery rhyme "Oranges and Lemons" ⓘ

subject surface form: St Clement Eastcheap

St Clement Eastcheap church → bellsAssociatedWith → nursery rhyme "Oranges and Lemons" ⓘ

subject surface form: St Clement Eastcheap

this entity surface form: "Oranges and Lemons"