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[[File:Sisyphus Sisyphus - Your fingers will burn.jpg|thumb|Sisyphus Sisyphus / Fly away home / Your rock is on fire / Your Fingers will burn.]][[File:Persephone supervising Sisyphus in the Underworld, Attica black-figure amphora, c. 530 BC.jpg|thumb|Persephone supervising Sisyphus in the Underworld, Attica black-figure amphora, c. 530 BC.jpg.]]"'''Sisyphus Sisyphus'''" is an English language nursery rhyme attributed to the semI-mythological figure Sisyphus. | |||
== English version == | == English version == | ||
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Sisyphus, Sisyphus<br> | |||
Fly away home<br> | |||
Your rock is on fire<br> | |||
Your fingers will burn | |||
</blockquote> | </blockquote> | ||
== In the News == | == In the News == | ||
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File:Sisyphus_versus_the_Big_Rock_Candy_Mountain.jpg|link=Sisyphus versus the Big Rock Candy Mountain|'''[[Sisyphus versus the Big Rock Candy Mountain]]'''. | |||
File:Tears_of_a_Rhyme_(Ladybug_Ladybug_edition).jpg|link=Tears of a Rhyme|"'''[[Tears of a Rhyme]]'''" is a song about the sadness caused by rhymes, especially nursery rhymes. Shown here: Ladybug Ladybug edition. | |||
File:Hermetic Legacy As I Did Idyl 2.jpg|link=Hermetic legacy as I did idyl|"'''[[Hermetic legacy as I did idyl]]'''" is an anagram of "'''lysergic acid diethylamide'''". | |||
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* [[Gnomon algorithm]] | * [[Gnomon algorithm]] | ||
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]] | * [[Gnomon Chronicles]] | ||
* [[Hermetic legacy as I did idyl]] | |||
* [[Node.js Node.js]] | * [[Node.js Node.js]] | ||
* [[Sisyphus versus the Big Rock Candy Mountain]] | |||
* ''[[Tears of a Rhyme]]'' | |||
== Nonfiction cross-reference == | == Nonfiction cross-reference == | ||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
* [ Post] @ Twitter (28 April 2021) | * [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1387338326168965123 Post] @ Twitter (28 April 2021) | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sisyphus Sisyphus] @ Wikipedia | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sisyphus Sisyphus] @ Wikipedia | ||
[[Category:Fiction (nonfiction)]] | [[Category:Fiction (nonfiction)]] | ||
[[Category:Nursery rhymes (nonfiction)]] | |||
[[Category:Sisyphus (nonfiction)]] | |||
[[Category:Poems]] | [[Category:Poems]] | ||
Latest revision as of 20:31, 4 January 2022
"Sisyphus Sisyphus" is an English language nursery rhyme attributed to the semI-mythological figure Sisyphus.
English version
The English version has been dated to at least 1744.
The verse has several popular forms, including:
Sisyphus, Sisyphus
Fly away home
Your rock is on fire
Your fingers will burn
In the News
"Tears of a Rhyme" is a song about the sadness caused by rhymes, especially nursery rhymes. Shown here: Ladybug Ladybug edition.
"Hermetic legacy as I did idyl" is an anagram of "lysergic acid diethylamide".
Fiction cross-reference
- Database Database
- Gnomon algorithm
- Gnomon Chronicles
- Hermetic legacy as I did idyl
- Node.js Node.js
- Sisyphus versus the Big Rock Candy Mountain
- Tears of a Rhyme