Who was Humpty Dumpty?

1. According to an insert taken from the East Anglia Tourist Board in England, Humpty Dumpty was a powerful cannon during the English Civil War. It was mounted on top of the St Mary's at the Wall Church in Colchester defending the city against siege in the summer of 1648. Although Colchester was a Royalist stronghold, it was besieged by the Roundheads for 11 weeks before finally falling. The church tower was hit by enemy cannon fire and the top of the tower was blown off, sending "Humpty" tumbling to the ground. Naturally all the King's horses and all the King's men (Royalist cavalry and infantry respectively) tried to mend "him" but in vain. Other reports have Humpty Dumpty referring to a sniper nicknamed One-Eyed Thompson, who occupied the same church tower. Visitors to Colchester can see the reconstructed Church tower as they reach the top of Balkerne Hill on the left hand side of the road. An extended version of the rhyme gives additional verses, including the following:

In Sixteen Hundred and Forty-Eight

When England suffered the pains of state

The Roundheads lay siege to Colchester town

Where the King's men still fought for the crown

There One-Eyed Thompson stood on the wall

A gunner of deadliest aim of all

From St. Mary's Tower his cannon he fired

Humpty-Dumpty was its name...

2. In another theory, Humpty Dumpty referred to King Richard III of England, the hunchbacked monarch, the "Wall" being either the name of his horse (called "White Surrey" in Shakespeare's play), or a reference to the supporters who deserted him. During the battle of Bosworth Field, he fell off his steed and was said to have been "hacked into pieces".

3. The story of Cardinal Wolsey's downfall is depicted in the children's nursery rhyme of Humpty Dumpty. At length Cawood Castle (Cawood, a village in Yorkshire, seven miles southwest of York) passed to Cardinal Wolsey, who let it fall into disrepair in the early part of his career (1514 – 1530), due to his residence at the Court, devotion to temporal affairs and his neglect of his diocesan duties. King Henry VIII sent Wolsey back home in 1523 after he failed to obtain a divorce from the Pope – a huge mistake on Wolsey’s part. Wolsey returned to the castle and began to restore it to its former grandeur. However, he was arrested for high treason in November, 1530 and ordered to London for trial. He left on 6 November, but took ill at Leicester and died in the Abbey there on 29 November.

Humpty Dumpty was Anthropomorphism egg.

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.

Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.

All the king's horses and all the king's men

Couldn't put Humpty together again

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,

Humpty Dumpty had a great fall;

All the King's horses and all the King's men,

Couldn't put Humpty together again.

An egg who sat on a wall and had a great fall,and all of the king's horses and all the king's men couldn't put Humpty Dumpty together again.

Humpty Dumpty was the most powerful cannon during the English Civil War. It could fire a 160 lb cannon ball. It broke because of the great force and an imperfection in the wall of the cannon. It could not be fixed, hence "could not put humpty together again."

Humpty Dumpty was an egg in a nursery rhyme that sat atop a wall and fell down. No one could put him back together.

Humpty Dumpty was a big fat dumby,

who fell off a wall and landed on a bunny,

Humpty got cracked and became all runny,

So then all the other Dumpty's,

never sat on the wall for money.

A giant egg that sat on a wall. Later he had a great fall. I think it was a political commentary, but I don't know who they were mocking. It's a very old nursery rhyme.

"Ring around the Rosie" was about the plague. They had an odd sense of humor back then.

Some big egg that sat on a wall and had a big fall.

He sat on a wall. He had a great fall. No one could put him back together. He was fragile.