Who was the author of the nursery rhymes humpty dumpty old mother hubbard ten in the bed five little froggies the wheels on the bus heads shoulders knees and toes one two buckle my shoe?

Answer 1

These are different rhymes and could not possibly have been written by the same author. Humpty Dumpty was created, I think, by Lewis Carrol as part of the (Alice) saga. Several of the rhymes you mentioned- have mathematical overtones and may have been evolved as teaching devices- as was done with the alphabetic song ABC which was originally ( Bless This House). There was an odd sort of marching drill on the old TV show, if I remember correctly, Romper Room which had a song of sorts,(See me walk so straight and tall. I won"t let my basket fall, (not Basketball!) shoulders, straight, arms and kness, help to make a healthy me! This dragged on over three verses with a large class all wearing odd-looking tambourine shaped hats called ( Posture baskets) for the purposes of the song. It was so whacked out it never caught on -Freeside. One does recall seeing these odd-looking headgear in toy counters but nobody, or very few , bought them, a marked contrast with Mickey Mouse headgear. I"m sorry I can"t help you further Wheels on the Bus sounds like an updating of an older song about trains or buggies, perhaps even a western wagon.Sorry., that's the best I can dol.