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'''"Hot Cross Buns"''' is an [[English language]] [[nursery rhyme]], [[Easter]] song and [[street cries|street cry]] referring to the spiced English bun associated with [[Good Friday]] known as a [[Hot Cross Bun]]. It has a [[Roud Folk Song Index]] number of 13029. |
'''"Hot Cross Buns"''' is an [[English language]] [[nursery rhyme]], [[Easter]] song and [[street cries|street cry]] referring to the spiced English bun associated with [[Good Friday]] known as a [[Hot Cross Bun]]. It has a [[Roud Folk Song Index]] number of 13029. Part of it's melody is the same as in the rhyme/song Three Blind Mice. |
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Revision as of 01:20, 16 February 2015
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| Language | English |
| Written | England |
| Published | c. 1798 |
| Songwriter(s) | Traditional |
"Hot Cross Buns" is an English language nursery rhyme, Easter song and street cry referring to the spiced English bun associated with Good Friday known as a Hot Cross Bun. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 13029. Part of it's melody is the same as in the rhyme/song Three Blind Mice.
Lyrics
The most common modern version is:
Hot cross buns!
Hot cross buns!
one a penny, two a penny,
Hot cross buns!
![1]
Origins
The earliest record of the rhyme is in Christmas Box, published in London in 1798.[1] However, there are earlier references to the rhyme as a street cry, for example in Poor Robin's Almanack for 1733, which noted:
Good Friday come this month, the old woman runs
With one or two a penny hot cross buns.[1]
The tune
There is one version. This version features a 3-note descending stepwise sequence; other versions are noted but are not used by standard day practices.