game-rhymes (English spelling)

Japanese: game-rhymes(英語表記)gamerhymes
game-rhymes (English spelling)

… [Harumi Koshiba]
[Children's songs from other countries]
Game songs passed down in the world of children are not limited to Japanese nursery rhymes, but are a phenomenon commonly seen among many peoples around the world. Generally, they are called game songs, game-rhymes, or singing games in English, but they do not always involve specific games, and nursery rhymes that are simply catchy chants are of course considered a type of nursery rhyme. Mother Goose is a typical example, and Jack and Jill and London Bridge is Falling Down can be said to be representative British nursery rhymes.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "game-rhymes" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…【小柴 はるみ】
[諸外国のわらべうた]
 子どもの世界で伝承される遊戯歌は,日本のわらべうたに限らず広く世界の諸民族の間に共通してみられる現象である。一般的には,英語でgame songs,game‐rhymesまたはsinging gamesと呼ばれるものがそれにあたるが,つねに特定の遊戯が伴うとは限らず,もっぱら語呂のよいとなえ歌nursery rhymesも,むろんわらべうたの一種とみなされる。《マザーグース》はその典型的なもので,〈ジャックとジル〉や〈ロンドン橋が落っこちる〉などはイギリスの代表的なわらべうたということができる。…

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