who is tommy thumb then?
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who wrote the rhyme baa baa black sheep UNANSWERABLE what is it? It is an English nursery rhyme what is its origin? It was published in 1744 what is the meaning of this nursery rhyme? It  referred to resentment at the heavy taxation on wool dating back in 1275.Recently the rhyme has been connected to the slave trade in southern United states in which book was it published? Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book who is the author of the book? Mary Cooper
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Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book [SEP] Publication
With the full title of "Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book Voll." [sic] "II", this was a sequel to the now lost "Tommy Thumb's Song Book", published in London by Mary Cooper in 1744. For many years, it was thought that there was only a single copy in existence, now in the British Library, but in 2001 another copy appeared and was sold for £45,000. Henry Carey's 1725 satire on Ambrose Philips, Namby Pamby, quotes or alludes to some half-dozen or so nursery rhymes. As a result, this is the oldest printed collection of English nursery rhymes that is available. The rhymes and illustrations were printed from copper plates, the text being stamped with punches into the plates, a technique borrowed from map and music printing.