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  1. 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 his living. And the child that is born on the Sabbath day. Is bonny and blithe, and good and gay.

  2. unknown. " Monday's Child " is one of many fortune-telling songs, popular as nursery rhymes for children. It is supposed to tell a child's character or future from their day of birth and to help young children remember the seven days of the week. As with many nursery rhymes, there are many versions. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19526.

    • 1838 (first printed source)
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  4. 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.

  5. Structure of Monday’s Child. ‘ Monday’s Child ’ is an eight-line nursery rhyme that makes use of a simple rhyme scheme, a feature common to nursery rhymes. It follows a pattern of AABBCCDD. The sing-song-like patterning of these rhymes is part of the appeal of the poem. The best nursery rhymes, the ones that are remembered for decades ...

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    • October 9, 1995
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  6. Summary. Let’s go through the poem, line by line – or rather, couplet by couplet. Monday’s child is fair of face, Tuesday’s child is full of grace, The poem has a simple structure, in keeping with most children’s rhymes. The anonymous author uses rhyming couplets. If we want to get technical, the metre (or rhythmical ground plan) for ...

  7. Monday’s Child is a traditional fortune-telling for kids and, along with Solomon Grundy, it is one great song for teaching children the days of the week.. Monday’s Child lyrics were first published in the second volume of “The Borders of the Tamar and the Tavy” (1836) “Traditions, legends, superstitions, and Sketches of Devonshire” (1838) by the British novelist Anna Eliza Bray.

  8. Monday's Child - Lyrics. 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 who is born on the Sabbath Day. Is bonny and blithe, and good and gay.

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