Solomon Grundy (nursery rhyme)
English nursery rhyme
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"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,
Worse on Friday,
Died on Saturday,
Buried on Sunday.
This is the end
Of Solomon Grundy.[2]
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[3][4]
See also
- "Dashing Away with the Smoothing Iron", an English folk song mentioning the days of the week
- "Monday's Child", an English rhyme mentioning the days of the week
- Solomon Grundy, a DC Comics character of the same name