Little Boy Blue
Drowsy young herdsman
Little Boy Blue is a traditional English nursery rhyme about a boy who falls asleep instead of tending sheep and cows.
The phrase sometimes describes someone who has neglected their duties or fallen asleep on the job.
It can also refer to a boy dressed in blue, or evoke childhood innocence and pastoral imagery.
- hornPointed animal headgear
- sheepWoolly farm animal
- meadowGrassy field for grazing
- haystackPiled dried grass
- sleepingUnconscious rest state
fast asleep · nursery · nursery rhyme · rhyme · Mother Goose · shepherd · pasture · drowsy · flock · cornfield · mother · goose · childhood · lullaby · pastoral · wandering · neglect · innocence
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nursery rhyme character type
Little Boy BlueLittle Jack Horner
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