'''Old King Cole''' is a British nursery rhyme most likely deriving from ancient Wales. The historical identity of King Cole has been much debated and several candidates have been advanced as possibilities.

The most common modern version of the rhyme is:

:Old King Cole was a merry old soul
:And a merry old soul was he;
:He called for his pipe, and he called for his bowl
:And he called for his fiddlers three.
:Every fiddler he had a fiddle,
:And a very fine fiddle had he;
:Oh there's none so rare, as can compare
:With King Cole and his fiddlers three.

All published appearances of Old King Cole from before January 1, )-(95)}} are public domain in the US.

Some notable appearances are listed below:

*“Old King Cole” a.k.a. “Good King Cole” (nursery rhyme) (first published 1709) – later set to music
*“The Marriage of Santa Claus” (1881)
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/mothergooseinpro00baum#page/62/mode/2up Mother Goose in Prose], by L. Frank Baum (1897)
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.hn2gcx Runaway Robinson], by Charles M. Snyder (1901)
*“[http://www.archive.org/stream/stnicholasserial31dodg#page/638/mode/2up Tito’s Home‐made Picture‐Book],” by George Frederick Welsford (May 1904)
*“[http://www.archive.org/stream/stnicholasserial321dodg#page/122/mode/2up A Message to Mother Goose],” by Ellen Manly (Dec. 1904)
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.hxcs6p?urlappend=%3Bseq=25 Mrs. Goose: Her Book], by Maurice Switzer (1906)
*“The Truth About Old King Cole,” by G. F. Hill (Jan. 1910)
*“[http://www.archive.org/stream/oldkingcole00tailrich#page/n11/mode/2up Old King Cole],” by John Martin (pseudonym of Morgan Shepard) (1911)
*“Old King Cole” a.k.a. “Variations on an Air,” by G. K. Chesterton (1920)
*“There Was a Boy Who Lived on Pudding Lane, by Sarah Addington (Dec. 1921)
*“Mrs. Dumpty’s Dilemma,” by Sarah Addington (Sept. 1922)

*Directions for a Mother Goose Party, by George B. Bartlett (1876)
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.hw3jj6 Old King Cole] (operetta), by James B. Greenough and F. D. Allen (1889)
*King Cole (operetta), words by H. N. Cunningham, music by M. L. Cooley (1900)
*A Dream of Mother Goose, by J. C. Marchant and S. J. Mayhew (1908)
*[http://www.archive.org/details/marriageofjackji00brid The Marriage of Jack and Jill], by Lilian Clisby Bridgham (1913)
*[http://www.archive.org/details/modernmothergoos00hami The Modern Mother Goose], by Helen Hamilton (1916)

*Koko and Kola #2
*Fawcett's Funny Animals #13
*Four Color #41, 59, 68, 90 ,103, 126
*Kid Koko #2
*Wonderland Comics #6

*Plastic Man #6

*Nursery Favorites (1913)

*Bold King Cole (1936)
*Have You Got Any Castles (1938)

File:OlKingColeVanBeuren.jpeg|Old King Cole as he appears in ''Bold King Cole'' (1936)
File:OlKingColeMerrieMelodies.jpeg|Old King Cole as he appears in ''Have You Got Any Castles'' (1938)
File:WonderlandComics.jpeg|Old King Cole as he appears in ''Wonderland Comics'' #6

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_King_Cole Wikipedia]
*[http://www.imdb.com/find?q=old+king+cole&s=all IMDB]
*[http://www.comicvine.com/old-king-cole/4005-38599/ ComicVine]
*[http://fables.wikia.com/wiki/King_Cole Fables Wikia]
*[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Old_King_Cole Muppet Wiki]
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