The Man in the Moon

"The Man in the Moon" is an English-language nursery rhyme with the Roud Folk Song Index number of 19744. It was first published in 1784 in Gammer Gurton's Garland, a collection edited by the antiquary Joseph Ritson, and has often been reprinted. It has been adapted and parodied by George MacDonald and J. R. R. Tolkien.