Hickory dickory Dock - wikipedia Hickory dickory Dock For other uses, see Hickory Dickory Dock ( disambiguation ). `` Hickory Dickory Dock '' Illustration by William Wallace Denslow, from a 1901 Mother Goose collection Nursery rhyme Published c. 1744 Songwriter ( s ) Unknown `` Hickory Dickory Dock '' or `` Hickety Dickety Dock '' is a popular English nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 6489. Contents 1 Lyrics 2 Origins and meaning 3 See also 4 Notes Lyrics Hickety Dickety Dock, illustrated by Denslow The most common modern version is : Hickory, dickory, dock. The mouse ran up the clock. The clock struck one, The mouse ran down, Hickory, dickory, dock. Other variants include `` down the mouse ran '' or `` down the mouse run '' or `` and down he ran '' or `` and down he run '' in place of `` the mouse ran down ''. Origins and meaning The earliest recorded version of the rhyme is in Tommy Thumb 's Pretty Song Book, published in London in about 1744, which uses the opening line : ' Hickere, Dickere Dock '. The next recorded version in Mother Goose 's Melody ( c. 1765 ), uses ' Dickery, Dickery Dock '. The rhyme is thought by some commentators to have originated as a counting - out rhyme. Westmorland shepherds in the nineteenth century used the numbers Hevera ( 8 ), Devera ( 9 ) and Dick ( 10 ). The rhyme is thought to have been based on the astronomical clock at Exeter Cathedral. The clock has a small hole in the door below the face for the resident cat to hunt mice. See also Yan Tan Tethera Chiastic structure Notes Wikisource has original text related to this article : Hickory Dickory Dock ^ Jump up to : Opie, I. ; Opie, P. ( 1997 ). The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes ( 2nd ed. ). Oxford University Press. pp. 185 -- 186. Jump up ^ The American Mercury, Volume 77, p. 105 Jump up ^ `` Mother Goose 's chimes, rhymes & melodies ''. H.B. Ashmead. c. 1861. Retrieved 14 November 2009. Jump up ^ Cathedral Cats. Richard Surman. HarperCollins. 2004 Nursery rhymes ( list ) `` A-Tisket, A-Tasket '' `` Aiken Drum '' `` Baa, Baa, Black Sheep '' `` Did You Ever See a Lassie ? '' `` Hey Diddle Diddle '' `` Hickory Dickory Dock '' `` Hot Cross Buns '' `` Humpty Dumpty '' `` I 'm a Little Teapot '' `` It 's Raining, It 's Pouring '' `` Jack and Jill '' `` Little Bo - Peep '' `` Little Boy Blue '' `` Little Jack Horner '' `` Little Miss Muffet '' `` Mary Had a Little Lamb '' `` Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary '' `` Old King Cole '' `` Old MacDonald Had a Farm '' `` Old Mother Hubbard '' `` Peter Piper '' `` Polly Put the Kettle On '' `` Poor Mary '' `` Pop Goes the Weasel '' `` Pussy Cat Pussy Cat '' `` Rain Rain Go Away '' `` Roses Are Red '' `` Rub - a-dub - dub '' `` Simple Simon '' `` Sing a Song of Sixpence '' `` Sticks and Stones '' `` The Grand Old Duke of York '' `` The Queen of Hearts '' `` There was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe '' `` Three Little Kittens '' `` Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star '' Clapping `` A Sailor Went to Sea '' `` Down Down Baby '' `` Mary Mack '' `` Miss Susie '' `` Miss Lucy '' `` Pat - a-cake '' `` Pretty Little Dutch Girl '' `` Pease Porridge Hot '' `` Stella Ella Ola '' Counting `` Duck, duck, goose '' `` Eeny, meeny, miny, moe '' `` One, Two, Buckle My Shoe '' `` One, Two, Three, Four, Five '' `` This Old Man '' `` Tinker, Tailor '' Finger - plays `` Five Little Monkeys '' `` Five Little Ducks '' `` Five Little Speckled Frogs '' `` Itsy Bitsy Spider '' `` Little Robin Redbreast '' `` Round and Round the Garden '' `` This Little Piggy '' `` Two Little Dickie Birds '' Games `` London Bridge '' `` The Muffin Man '' `` Mulberry Bush '' `` Oranges and Lemons '' `` Ring a Ring o ' Roses '' `` The Farmer in the Dell '' Riddle `` As I was going to St Ives '' Lullabies `` Hush, Little Baby '' `` Rock - a-bye Baby '' Rounds `` Ding Dong Bell '' `` Frère Jacques '' `` Kookaburra '' `` Row, Row, Row Your Boat '' `` Scotland 's Burning '' `` Three Blind Mice '' Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hickory_Dickory_Dock&oldid=831961121 '' Categories : 1744 songs English books English children 's songs Songs about mice and rats Fictional mice and rats English nursery rhymes Roud Folk Song Index songs Songwriter unknown Talk Contents About Wikipedia Wikisource Français Türkçe Edit links This page was last edited on 23 March 2018, at 01 : 08. About Wikipedia

Question: what type of poem is hickory dickory dock
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