The Grand Old Duke of York

Visual Interpretations

The King of France Is this a commentary on his fighting ability?

The General's Glory Is he an old general reliving his glory days?

Is that a Smile We See? Children have marched to this rhyme

New Vision? Could the soldiers be marching to what seems to be a storage box to comment on our desire to find peace by moving to stop wars?

Child Soldiers Going forth

Textual/Historical Information

Historical Frame Origins of the story

Map of Belgium showing Flanders region:
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/europe/belgium.jpg

Music audio of The Grand Old Duke of York:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/tweenies/songtime/songs/t/thegrandolddukeofyork.shtml

http://www.allertoncastle.co.uk/allerton_castle_history.htm Steeped in history, in the eighteenth century the property was owned by Prince Frederick, the Duke of York, brother to King George IV.

http://www.eventwise.co.uk/asp/Game_008.asp A simple game using the Grand Old Duke of York

http://www.boughtonhouse.org.uk/htm/gallery2/paintings/gbrudenell.htm A picture of George, Duke of Montagu

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

Algar, Michael. (personal communication, July 7, 2002)

Belgium. Britannica Atlas. Chicago: Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 1994.

Dodd, Gail. (1997) Western Front. http://members.iinet.net.au/~dodd/gail/memorial/hughie/western_front.html

Flanders. (Flemish name: Vlaaderen; French name: Flandre). The Macmillan Encyclopedia. New York: Market House Books Ltd. 2002.

Flanders. Oxford Paperback Encyclopedia. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998.

French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Market House Books Dictionary of British History. Tennessee: Market House Books, Ltd., 1987.

Hamlyn, Paul. Larousee Encyclopedia of World Geography. London : Market House Books, Ltd. 1964.

Low Countries. Oxford Paperback Encyclopedia. New York : Oxford University Press, 1988.

Paxton, John. The Penguin Encyclopedia of Places. New York : Penguin Books, 1971.

York, Frederick Augustus, Duke of/ The Columbia Encyclopedia. New York: Columbia University Press, 2001.

York, Frederick Augustus, Duke of /The Macmillan Encyclopedia. New York: Market House Books Ltd. 2001.