Three Wise Men of Gotham

Visual Interpretations

Black and White Sea Men in a boat

The Wide, Blue Sea Oblivious sailors

Rescue at Sea Victims unaware

Stuffed Animals Maybe not so wise, but happy

Textual/Historical Information

http://www.indigogroup.co.uk/edge/Gotham1.htm "The Wise Men of Gotham " by Frank E. Earp in At the Edge.

http://www.hungrytigerpress.com/tigertales/tigertale012.shtml This story by L. Frank Baum is in Mother Goose in Prose, 1897.

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Article224.html Provides a brief answer to the question where do the wise men of Gotham come from.

http://oaks.nvg.org/re1ra6.html Fascinating tidbits and stories on Gotham that will amuse.

http://www.eldrbarry.net/roos/books/nood.htm Noodleheads: The Wisdom of Fools is a delicious site that offers a great deal of pertinent information.

Versions and Variants

Textual Versions and Variants - A complete listing of the versions and variants of this rhyme

Visual Versions and Variants - A comparative listing of all associated within Eclipse

Rhyme Specific Bibliography

Billington, Sanfra. A Social History of the Fool. Macmillan, 1984.

Jagendorf, Moritz Adolph. The Merry Men of Gotham. Illustrated by Shane Miller. New York: Vanguard Press, 1950.

Jagendorf, Moritz Adolph. Noodlehead Stories from Around the World.
New York: Vanguard Press, 1957.