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Solomon Grundy

Summary


Solomon Grundy is a short nursery rhyme that traces an entire man's life — from birth to burial — across the seven days of the week. Each line marks a new milestone: born Monday, christened Tuesday, married Wednesday, taken ill Thursday, and gone by Sunday. The rhyme's brisk, relentless pace gives it a darkly playful rhythm that makes the brevity of life feel both amusing and strangely sobering.

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Solomon Grundy,
Born on a Monday,
Christened on Tuesday,
Married on Wednesday,
Took ill on Thursday,
Grew worse on Friday,
Died on Saturday,
Buried on Sunday.
That was the end
Of Solomon Grundy.

Solomon Grundy's life illustrated across the days of the week in a circular storybook wheel
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Credits

Ririro presents this beloved traditional English nursery rhyme, first recorded in James Orchard Halliwell's 1842 collection of popular rhymes and nursery tales. Its origins are anonymous, but its memorable structure — mapping a whole human life onto a single week — has kept it in print and memory for nearly two centuries.