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Monday’s Child – Full Poem. Monday’s child is fair of face . Tuesday’s child is full of grace. Wednesday’s child is full of woe. Thursday’s child has far to go. Friday’s child is loving and giving. Saturday’s child works hard for his living. And the child that is born on the Sabbath day. Is bonny and blithe, and good and gay.
Wednesday's child is full of woe, Thursday's child has far to go, Friday's child is loving and giving, Saturday's child works hard for a living, But the child who is born on the Sabbath day, Is fair and wise and good and gay. —old nursey rhyme.
Lyrics. The following is a common modern version: Monday's child is fair of face, Tuesday's child is full of grace. Wednesday's child is full of woe, Thursday's child has far to go. Friday's child is loving and giving, Saturday's child works hard for a living. But the child that is born on Sabbath day, Is bonny and blithe, good and gay. [1] Origins
Artwork Ivana Bugarinovic | CC. The phrase “Thursday’s Child has Far to Go” is from the Old English nursery rhyme “Monday’s Child” which is a poem based on the days of the week. Unlike most other weekdays mentioned in the poem, Thursday’s interpretation is often debated.
In the 1873 version of the Monday’s Child poem published in St. Nicholas Magazine, Thursday’s child is associated with “sour and sad.” Friday’s Child is Loving and Giving. Friday children are big-hearted and generous. However, in many traditional versions, anything on a Friday was held as bad luck.
Monday’s child is fair of face, Tuesday’s child is full of grace, Wednesday’s child is full of woe, Thursday’s child has far to go, Friday’s child is loving and giving, Saturday’s child works hard for his living, And the child that is born on the Sabbath day. Is bonny and blithe, and good and gay.
Lines. Monday's Child Nursery Rhyme. Monday's child is fair of face Tuesday's child is full of grace Wednesday's child is full of woe Thursday's child has far to go, Friday's child is loving and giving, Saturday's child works hard for a living, And the child that is born on the Sabbath day Is bonny and blithe, and good and gay.
