Lucy Locket
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Lucy Locket is an English nursery rhyme.
- Lucy Locket lost her pocket,
- Kitty Fisher found it;
- Not a penny was there in it,
- Only ribbon 'round it.
The tune for Lucy Locket was later used as the basis for Yankee Doodle, a song which originated in Norwalk, Connecticut.
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[edit] Explanation
Lucy Locket was a barmaid at the Cock, in Fleet Street, London, sometime in the 1700s. Lucy discarded one of her lovers (her 'pocket') when she had run through all his money. Kitty Fisher, a noted courtesan, took up with him, even though he had no money. It also taunts Lucy Locket because a "pocket" was what prostitutes kept their money in and would tie to their thigh with a ribbon.
[edit] Versions in other languages
[edit] Bengali lyrics
The song Laal jhuti kakatua (Bangla: লাল ঝুটি কাকাতুয়া), set to the Yankee Doodle/Lucy Locket melody, is a favorite among the Bengali people. It goes:
| Bengali lyrics | English translation |
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লাল ঝুটি কাকাতুয়া |
A red-tufted cockatoo |
The Bengali Version of Lucy Locket was composed for the Film "Badshah" in the year 1964. The song was sang By Ranu Mukherjee, daughter of famous Bengali singer Hemanta Mukherjee.
[edit] External references
- All Info About Nursery Rhymes entry for Lucy Locket.
- Sense And Sensuality. Chapter 9 of Sex In History by Gordon Rattray Taylor.
