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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.]]"'''Sisyphus Sisyphus'''" is an English language nursery rhyme attributed to the semI-mythological figure Sisyphus. | [[File:Sisyphus Sisyphus - Your fingers will burn.jpg|thumb|Sisyphus Sisyphus / Fly away home / Your rock is on fire / Your Fingers will burn.]][[File:Sisyphus_Sisyphus_fly_away_home.jpg|thumb|Sisyphus Sisyphus / Fly away home / Your rock is on fire / Your duty will burn.]][[File:Sisyphus Sisyphus (tweet).jpg|thumb|Screenshot of social media posts discussing Sisyphus Sisyphus.]][[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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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: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: | 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]] | ||
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* [[Node.js Node.js]] | * [[Node.js Node.js]] | ||
* [[Sisyphus versus the Big Rock Candy Mountain]] | * [[Sisyphus versus the Big Rock Candy Mountain]] |
Revision as of 07:49, 18 August 2021
"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