Solomon Grundy (nursery rhyme) explained

"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:

The words of a French version of the rhyme were adapted by the Dada poet Philippe Soupault in 1921 and published as an account of his own life:

PHILIPPE SOUPAULT dans son lit / né un lundi / baptisé un mardi / marié un mercredi / malade un jeudi / agonisant un vendredi / mort un samedi / enterré un dimanche / c'est la vie de Philippe Soupault^{[2] [3]}

See also

• "Dashing Away with the Smoothing Iron", a traditional English folk song written in the 19th century about a housewife carrying out one part of her linen chores each day of the week
• "Monday's Child", a traditional English rhyme mentioning the days of the week

Notes and References

1. Web site: Roud Folksong Index S276827Solomon Grundy, born on a Monday . . . May 20, 2016.
2. Book: Stewart, Susan. Nonsense: Aspects of Intertextuality in Folklore and Literature. Johns Hopkins. 1979. 191. 0-8018-2258-0.
3. Littérature 19, May 1921, included under the title Web site: Les chansons des buts et des rois. among several other adaptations of nursery rhymes