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EspañolWYNKEN, BLYNKEN, AND NOD
''For Blinken, see: Meir Blinken and Alan Blinken.''
'Wynken, Blynken, and Nod' is a popular poem for children written by Denver journalist Eugene Field on March 9, 1889. The original title was ''Dutch Lullaby''.
The poem is a fantasy bed-time story of three fishermen sailing and fishing in the stars. Their boat is a wooden shoe. The fishermen symbolize a sleepy child's blinking eyes and nodding head.
★ Disney made an 8 minute cartoon in 1938 which stylized the fishermen of the poem as three pajama-clad children playing among the stars.
★ There are two statues by Mabel Landrum Torrey commemorating the poem: after the original sculpture was exhibited to critical acclaim at the Art Institute of Chicago, Torrey presented her sculpture to Denver Mayor Robert W. Speer who commissioned a marble version in 1918. This is currently in Washington Park, Denver, Colorado, USA. A bronze copy was dedicated on September 23 1938 in memory of Elizabeth Cameron Bailey and resides in a fountain on the Green in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania.
★ Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin the American pianist and composer wrote a piano setting for Wynken, Blynken, and Nod.
★ In 1971, Weston Woods made a cartoon based on the poem.
★ Donovan set "Wynken, Blynken, and Nod" to music on his 1971 children's album ''H.M.S. Donovan''. He recorded another version with the same melody for his 2002 children's album ''Pied Piper''.
★ Canadian children's entertainer Fred Penner included a version on his 1992 album ''The Cat Came Back''.
★ The three smokestacks of the Lansing Board of Water & Light in Lansing, Michigan, are known locally as Wynken, Blynken and Nod after the poem.
★ This poem is recited by Martha Wilson in the 1993 film Dennis The Menace.
★ Shel Silverstein created a poem, "Ickle me, Pickle me, Tickle me too" who went for a ride in a flying shoe.
★ The Wellsboro, PA Chamber of Commerce - History of Wynken, Blynken, and Nod
★ The Denver Park People - Wynken, Blynken & Nod Sculpture
★ A Little Book of Western Verse
★ Disney's Wynken, Blynken, and Nod
★ Text of Wynken, Blynken and Nod with Maxfield Parrish illustration
★ Wynken, Blynken, and Nod, Knox College's children's and young adult literary publication
★ Books and Posters of Wynken, Blynken & Nod
★ ''The Duel'', aka ''The Gingham Dog and The Calico Cat'' hear song version of the poem
A statue of Wynken, Blynken and Nod located in Washington Park, Denver
'Wynken, Blynken, and Nod' is a popular poem for children written by Denver journalist Eugene Field on March 9, 1889. The original title was ''Dutch Lullaby''.
The poem is a fantasy bed-time story of three fishermen sailing and fishing in the stars. Their boat is a wooden shoe. The fishermen symbolize a sleepy child's blinking eyes and nodding head.
| Contents |
| Inspired works |
| External links |
Inspired works
★ Disney made an 8 minute cartoon in 1938 which stylized the fishermen of the poem as three pajama-clad children playing among the stars.
★ There are two statues by Mabel Landrum Torrey commemorating the poem: after the original sculpture was exhibited to critical acclaim at the Art Institute of Chicago, Torrey presented her sculpture to Denver Mayor Robert W. Speer who commissioned a marble version in 1918. This is currently in Washington Park, Denver, Colorado, USA. A bronze copy was dedicated on September 23 1938 in memory of Elizabeth Cameron Bailey and resides in a fountain on the Green in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania.
★ Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin the American pianist and composer wrote a piano setting for Wynken, Blynken, and Nod.
★ In 1971, Weston Woods made a cartoon based on the poem.
★ Donovan set "Wynken, Blynken, and Nod" to music on his 1971 children's album ''H.M.S. Donovan''. He recorded another version with the same melody for his 2002 children's album ''Pied Piper''.
★ Canadian children's entertainer Fred Penner included a version on his 1992 album ''The Cat Came Back''.
★ The three smokestacks of the Lansing Board of Water & Light in Lansing, Michigan, are known locally as Wynken, Blynken and Nod after the poem.
★ This poem is recited by Martha Wilson in the 1993 film Dennis The Menace.
★ Shel Silverstein created a poem, "Ickle me, Pickle me, Tickle me too" who went for a ride in a flying shoe.
External links
★ The Wellsboro, PA Chamber of Commerce - History of Wynken, Blynken, and Nod
★ The Denver Park People - Wynken, Blynken & Nod Sculpture
★ A Little Book of Western Verse
★ Disney's Wynken, Blynken, and Nod
★ Text of Wynken, Blynken and Nod with Maxfield Parrish illustration
★ Wynken, Blynken, and Nod, Knox College's children's and young adult literary publication
★ Books and Posters of Wynken, Blynken & Nod
★ ''The Duel'', aka ''The Gingham Dog and The Calico Cat'' hear song version of the poem
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