Yes, the nursery rhyme "Humpty Dumpty" has evolved over time, with various versions and adaptations being created. The most well-known version involves Humpty Dumpty falling off a wall and being unable to be put back together. However, the character has also been depicted differently in different adaptations, such as in literature and film, adding new details and perspectives to the story.
Humpty Dumpty - is Pharaoh you silly EGGHEADS!
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall;
Threescore men and threescore more
Cannot place Humpty Dumpty as he was before.
Halliwell James Orchard, pub: 1853
The 1897 version edited by Andrew Lang did not rhyme as well in the last verse "Cannot make Humpty Dumpty as before again."
1score = 20 units
3 score = 60 units
30 score = 600 units
Assume just for one moment we drop the big word 'THIRTY' down to 'three' for children who can only count to five, or up it for eggheads like ourselves and what do we get ?
Exodus 14:7 Also, he took 600 choice chariots, (and then some more, with captains on every one of them!)
Exodus 14:9 all the horses and all the chariots
Exodus 14:26 all the horsemen and chariots
Exodus 15 SONG of Moses! Vs 1+4+10 (sank like lead- the proverbial fall of the wall) +19
Exodus 16 Miriam's SONG (she sang the chorus line….. in response to the song of Moses) vs. 21: Horse and rider into the sea
The water was described as a WALL (Exodus 14:22, 29) both on the left and the right hand side of the parting! As Humpty Dumpty could not sit on a wall of water, he had a great fall off the wall of water, only to be 'broken' and un-repairable.
Pharaoh's Blue or War Crown made the head look:
1) oversized
2) Oval shaped as an egghead.
This made him appear superior to you and me, in knowledgeable, skill, a trained and gifted deity with an oversized brain head - otherwise described as 'egghead'. Google any Egyptian relief like touregypt.net for relief on Amenhoptep III.
Today we understand the surge and speed of water in Tsunami's, and if Migdol has the Hebrew meaning of "raised or elevated" as illustrated in the still present Migdal Ha'emek which is a large hill surrounded by the Kishon River, then its not a far stretch to assume a "Migdol" (small typo on the O and the A?) to have once existed in Lower Egypt between the Sea and Etham which was on the edge of the Shur Wilderness. Since we eggheads also understand volcanoes set off tsunami's - well the cloud cover during the day protecting them from the desert heat, and the pillar of fire to guide them at night is not a far stretch from a volcano at all!
Side note: Now we just need some clever fool (aka egghead) to submit Moses was heading for the Kings Highway, but God knowing the road was guarded and the slaves were not schooled in war craft, knowing they would falter and run back to Pharaoh for protection with all his military chariots and horsemen, God told Moses to TURN Exodus 13:17….. (hence the angel bearing the light switched to their rear!)
Thomas A Petty M.D said in Psychoanalytic Study of the Child (1953) The Tragedy of Humpty Dumpty, "these simple enigmatic lines constitute one of the most popular of the nursery rhymes. … attested by students of linguistics (who) believe that it is one of those great pieces of antiquity of which is to be measured in thousands of years, or rather, it is so great that it cannot be measured at all.
He quotes Ruth Thomas who explained it as a "catastrophic drama", but missed the mark on the sibling rivalry; she came closer than most by identifying the mother-child relationship, as this was the way it was handed down. With great enduring love, respect for God, while also cautioning your child not to be an EGGHEAD!
Moving on, exchange the word 'place' and 'make' with the egghead word 'RESTORE' and what do we get?
Speaking to the last verse, consider the possibility of Pharaoh being able to RESTORE to his kingdom 600 000 slave men, plus all the gold, livestock and other wealth the Egyptians had allowed the Jews to take freely, for fear of God's retribution. Exodus 12: 35-36. (God warned all of us not to store and idolize treasures on earth… from the admonishing/disparaging mum again!) But Pharaoh lost all of that, AND all his military strength in men, horses and chariots which were the ultimate status symbol of military might in the day, and his LIFE! (Exodus 14:28)
Nor could Pharaoh's military men and their 'might' restore the Pharaoh his 'egghead' reputation of greatness.
Another item of note is the French version appears to have been recorded earlier than the English version. Hippolytus (AD 170-236) puts names to the disciples who travelled to Britain, naming Joseph (of Arimathea?). The Archbishop of Mainz Rabanus details Joseph of Arimathea travelling in the company of the two Bethany sisters, Mary and Martha, Lazarus, Mary Magdalen and more, and then parting company in France. William of Malmesbury mentions Joseph of Arimathea co-founding Glastonbury Abbey. These were all Jewish descendants of the Exodus! I would take my rhymes with me wherever I moved - wouldn't you?
So can all the EGGHEADS stand up in the room, take an egg in the left and right hand and SMACK their temples please!
PS: can all the kids stop gaming for a moment and pursue with equal zest the mythological clues to help us EGGHEADS remember the warnings and messages our ancestors planted deep in our hearts, like 'the meaning of the grail entrusted to Joseph of Arimathea'?
Is it no wonder that Psalm 119 is the longest? Every one of the songs contributed to that Psalm have ONE thing in common…. Your WORD have I hidden deep in my heart so that I may not sin against you.
Lets start with NOT changing the Humpty Dumpty rhyme to suit ourselves - like politics today!
Humpty Dumpty is a tragic nursery rhyme character who is often depicted as a spheroid. The nursery rhyme tells the story of Humpty Dumpty having a great fall and being unable to be pieced back together.
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the king's horses, and all the king's men, couldn't put Humpty together again.
The only animal mentioned in the nursery rhyme "Humpty Dumpty" is horses.
The nursery rhyme you are referring to is likely "Humpty Dumpty." In the rhyme, Humpty Dumpty is portrayed as an egg who falls off a wall and cannot be put back together.
The nursery rhyme "Humpty Dumpty" is traditionally set on a wall. In most versions of the rhyme, Humpty Dumpty falls off the wall and cannot be repaired.
Humpty Dumpty is a character in a nursery rhyme, not a work by Shakespeare. Shakespeare did not write a version of the Humpty Dumpty story.
In the nursery rhyme, it is unclear who pushed Humpty Dumpty off the wall. It is simply stated that Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
Humpty Dumpty is a character in the traditional English pantomime "Humpty Dumpty." It is a popular children's nursery rhyme and also appears in various works of literature and entertainment.
Humpty Dumpty is the character who sat among the cinders in the nursery rhyme.
No, there is not a standard second verse to the nursery rhyme "Humpty Dumpty." The rhyme typically ends with Humpty Dumpty's fall and his inability to be put back together again.
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