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Nursery Rhymes of England (1842):
“There Was a Crooked Man”
by James Halliwell-Phillipps

Nursery Rhymes of England

Title: “There Was a Crooked Man”

Medium: nursery rhyme

Publication date: 1842

Publisher: T. Richards
Written by: James Halliwell-Phillipps

Roud Folk Song Index Number: 4826


1 characters in this story:

Character
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Affiliation
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[Notes]
Pub. #
app.
The Crooked Man The Crooked Man (Barnaby Crookedman)
(lead character)
supporting character
  [1st app: Nursery Rhymes of England (1842)] T. Richards 8

Nursery Rhymes of England is also known as: Nursery Rhymes of England, Collected principally from Oral Tradition.

The earliest known printed version of this nursery rhyme was recorded by James Orchard Halliwell in a 1842 publication, but the rhyme itself may be much older.