Three Wise Men of Gotham

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"Wise Men of Gotham" is the early name given to the people of the village of Gotham, Nottinghamshire, in allusion to an incident where they supposedly feigned idiocy to avoid a Royal visit. The Wise Men of Gotham are recalled in a popular nursery rhyme with a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19695, an adaptation of the tale Three Sailors of Gotham. The rhyme was first recorded in Mother Goose's Melody published around 1765, and from then appeared in many collections. Warning: template has been deprecated.

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Versions of Three Wise Men of Gotham include:

"Three wise men of Gotham" in A Book of Nursery Songs and Rhymes by Sabine Baring-Gould (1895)
"Three wise men of Gotham" in The Nursery Rhymes of Mother Goose by Arthur Rackham (St. Nicholas, 1913)
"Three Wise Men of Gotham" in The Real Mother Goose by Blanche Fisher Wright (1916)

Three Wise Men of Gotham

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