Who holds the copyright for poem Humpty Dumpty?

Answer 1

Nobody knows. Lewis Carrol wrote about Humpty Dumpty in 'Alice through the Looking Glass' and the rhyme is used to teach children about irreversible changes/actions and consequences. First published in about 1810 but dating back to the 17th century, it is thought that the rhyme originally described the destruction in the English Civil War of a Royalist cannon felled from a parapit at St Marys church, during the Parliamentarian seige of Colchester in 1684.

Answer 2

humpty dumpty sat on the wall humpty dumpty had a great fall all the king hourses and all the king men couldn't but humpty dumpty back together again 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.

Answer 3

It was probably a Riddle, a nursery rhyme character. Alternatively, Humpty Dumpty was an 18th Century drink of Brandy and Ale and refers to a drunken person falling of a wall. The name also referred to a Cannon used in the Civil War by the Royalists, which was dislodged from the city walls of Colchester by a cannon ball from the Roundheads. The Royalists were unable re-assemble the cannon, hence 'the fall' and not been able to 'put it together again'

Answer 4

The poem "Humpty Dumpty" is a nursery rhyme that was first published in 1810 in a book called "Juvenile Amusements" by Samuel Arnold. The copyright has since expired, so the poem is now in the public domain.

Answer 5

No, as it does not match the five-line requirement of a limerick.

Answer 6

Because Humpty Dumpty was a large cannon used to defend Colchester by the Royalists against the Roundheads. It fell down when the walls were damaged.

Answer 7

Answer 8

No one, it's traditional.

Answer 9

You mum