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randr

(12,412 posts) Sun Mar 4, 2012, 04:07 PM Mar 2012

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall

Humpty Dumpty had a great fall
All the kings horses and all the kings men
Could never put Humpty back together again.

Same old song, same old meaning.

See ya Rush, good to see you go!

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Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall (Original Post) randr Mar 2012 OP

Just curious. I was singing that with my great grandchildren the other day and remembered that jwirr Mar 2012 #1

various origin stories randr Mar 2012 #2

jwirr

(39,215 posts)

1. Just curious. I was singing that with my great grandchildren the other day and remembered that

Reply to randr (Original post)

Sun Mar 4, 2012, 04:50 PM

Mar 2012

those old rhymes often had a political meaning. Do you know who this was originally referring to? It does fit rush.

randr

(12,412 posts)

2. various origin stories

Reply to jwirr (Reply #1)

Sun Mar 4, 2012, 05:24 PM

Mar 2012

As a lasting childhood refrain it serves as a lesson for whatever meaning each generation can attribute to it.
I always thought of the ol humpster as a bully and the ultimate demise thereof.

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