Ring Around the Rosie

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Ring Around the Rosie, also called Ring a Ring o' Roses is nursery rhyme that first appeared in print in 1881, though it was sung by children holding hands, moving in a circle since the the 1790s. The popular American version is below.
An illustration for the story Ring Around the Rosie by the author Anonymous
Kate Greenaway's Mother Goose, Ring-a-ring-a-roses, 1881
An illustration for the story Ring Around the Rosie by the author Anonymous
Kate Greenaway's Mother Goose, Ring-a-ring-a-roses, 1881
An illustration for the story Ring Around the Rosie by the author Anonymous
Ring-a-round the rosie,
A pocket full of posies,
Ashes! Ashes!
We all fall down.

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