- This article is about a nursery rhyme. For the novel by Eddie Bunker, see Little Boy Blue (novel)
Little Boy Blue is a nursery rhyme with probable origins in the Middle Ages. Little Boy Blue is a 1981 semi- autobiographical novel by Edward Bunker that follows his journey into Crime and Deviance. A nursery rhyme is a traditional Song or Poem taught to young children originally in the nursery. Little Boy Blue was a hayward by profession. Hayward, or " hedge warden" was an occupation in the Middle Ages, now defunct
Rhyme
- Little boy blue, come blow your horn
- The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn
- Where is that boy who looks after the sheep?
- "Under the haystack fast asleep"
- Will you wake him? "Oh no, not I
- For if I do he will surely cry"
Alternate versions
Many versions do not include the last two lines, ending the rhyme at "fast asleep. "
References in popular culture
- L. Frank Baum wrote of Little Boy Blue (Poem) in his Mother Goose in Prose, depicting him as genuinely overworked supporting himself and his widowed mother. Lyman Frank Baum ( May 15 1856 &ndash May 5 1919) was an American Author, Actor, and Independent filmmaker Little Boy Blue is a melancholy Poem written by Eugene Field. Mother Goose in Prose is a collection of twenty-two children's stories based on Mother Goose Nursery rhymes written by L This story was later adapted by Jim Henson Productions. The Jim Henson Company is an American company founded in 1958 by puppeteer Jim Henson, creator of The Muppets.
- Eugene Field (1850 - 1895) wrote a poem entitled "Little Boy Blue" in the collection 'Poems of Childhood'.
- Little Boy Blue is also the name of a 1997 film about a dysfunctional rural family starring Ryan Phillippe and Nastassja Kinski. Matthew Ryan Phillippe (ˈfɪlɪpi born September 10, 1974) is an American Actor. Nastassja Kinski (born Nastassja Aglaia Nakszyński, January 24, 1961
- As Boy Blue, he is a prominent character in the Fables comic book series, in which he is Snow White's friendly assistant. Boy Blue is a major character in the Vertigo Comic book series Fables. A comic book (often shortened to simply comic and sometimes called a comic paper or comic magazine) is a Magazine or Book of narrative Snow White (in Low German Sneewittchen; in High German Schneeweißchen) is the title character of a Fairy tale known from many countries in
- Little Boy Blue was also the name of an obscure kid crime fighter from the 1940s created by DC Comics. DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company A revamped version named Boy Blue appeared in the new Seven Soldiers series written by Grant Morrison. The Seven Soldiers of Victory (also known as Law's Legionnaires) is a fictional team of Comic book Superheroes in the DC Comics universe Grant Morrison (born January 31 1960 is a Scottish Comic book writer and artist
- In the film The Picture of Dorian Gray (1949), based on Oscar Wilde's novel, the inscription "Little Boy Blue Come Blow Your Horn" appears embroidered on a towel on which Dorian Gray wipes his bloody hands after having killed Basil Hallward. The Picture of Dorian Gray is the only published Novel written by Oscar Wilde, first appearing as the lead story in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900 was an Irish Playwright, Novelist, poet and Author of A novel (from Italian novella, Spanish novela, French nouvelle for "new" "news" or "short story A towel is a piece of absorbent fabric or Paper used for drying or wiping The Picture of Dorian Gray is the only published Novel written by Oscar Wilde, first appearing as the lead story in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine The Picture of Dorian Gray is the only published Novel written by Oscar Wilde, first appearing as the lead story in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine
- "Little Boy Blue" is the name of a song by Australian band The Gyroreceptors.
- "Little Boy Blue" was also the name of a short animated film created in 1936. The film was also known as "The Big Bad Wolf" and was based on a film "The Big Bad Wolf" in 1934.
- Little Boy Blue was the target of an off-color joke by comedian Andrew Dice Clay. Andrew "Dice" Clay (born Andrew Clay Silverstein on September 29, 1957, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American In one of several nursery rhyme parodies, Clay intones, "Little Boy blew. He needed the money. "
- Little Boy Blue was one of the characters used in the "Fairy Tale Photo shoot" on the sixth cycle of America's Next Top Model
- Electric Light Orchestra has a song called "Boy Blue" off their 1974 album Eldorado. America's Next Top Model, Cycle 6 premiered on March 8, 2006, which would be the last cycle to air on UPN before merging with Eldorado A Symphony, also known as simply Eldorado, is the fourth studio album and a Concept album by the Electric Light Orchestra
- The Ed, Edd n Eddy episode Little Ed Blue's title is a parody of the poem's name. Ed Edd n Eddy is the longest-running original Animated cartoon series on Cartoon Network created by Danny Antonucci and produced by Canadian There are five seasons (65 episodes of Cartoon Network 's Ed Edd n Eddy and four specials (three for holidays one for a network event
- Harry Chapin uses the reference of Little Boy Blue on his hit song "Cat's in the Cradle"
- In the early 60's Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, from The Rolling Stones, formed a band called "Little Boy Blue, and the Blue Boys". Harry Forster Chapin ( December 7, 1942 – July 16, 1981) was an American singer Songwriter, and Humanitarian " Cat's in the Cradle " is a 1974 Folk rock song by Harry Chapin from the album Verities & Balderdash. Sir Michael Philip "Mick" Jagger, Kt (born 26 July 1943 is a Golden Globe -winning and two-time Grammy -winning English rock Keith Richards (born 18 December 1943 is an English Guitarist, Songwriter, Singer, producer and a founding member of The Rolling
- Little Boy Blue was the name the townspeople of Chester, Nebraska, gave to a dead child in blue pajamas found in a cornfield on Christmas Eve, 1985. The case is the subject of a book by crime author Gregg Olsen. Gregg Olsen (born March 5 1959 in Seattle Wash is the New York Times bestselling author of seven nonfiction books and two novels The boy's father was later identified as Amishman Eli Stutzman.
- The song "big six" by Judge Dread is also known as "little boy blue"
- Little Boy Blue was recently used as the basis for a short story in the annual for the 2007 Grimm Fairy Tales (comic series) by writer Christian Beranek and artist Siya. Christan Beranek (born August 23, 1974) is an American Graphic novelist actor musician and film/tv producer
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