Old King Cole
Jolly pipe-smoker
Old King Cole is a legendary British king known primarily from the nursery rhyme that depicts him as a "merry old soul" who called for his pipe, bowl, and fiddlers three.
The name appears in references to jovial, contented figures: He sat there like Old King Cole, surrounded by his pleasures.
Whether a historical king inspired the rhyme is uncertain and largely irrelevant to its use.
- nursery rhymeTraditional poem for young children
- Mother GooseImaginary nursery rhyme creator
- nurseryRoom for infants
- rhymeMatching terminal sounds
- merryCheerful and lively
soul · pipe · bowl · fiddlers · three · crown · throne · royal court · jolly · medieval · tavern · feast · ale · court · jester · ballad · drinking song · fairy tale
- nursery rhymeslullabies, Little Jack Horner, cradle songs, Old Mother Hubbard, nursery rhymes
temperament/disposition
Old King ColeKing Lear
Macbeth · Richard II · Oedipus Rex · King Richard III · Agamemnon
older, oldest, olden, eldest, king, kings, kingly, kingship, kingdom