Has Humpty Dumpty the nursery rhyme changed over time?

Yes, there are several variants of the Humpty Dumpty nursery rhyme. RhymeZone lists some of the variants below:

(Verse 1) Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,

Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.

(Chorus) His horse and all the King's men

Couldn't put Humpty together again.

1. Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall,

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

Couldn’t put Humpty together again.

Then said Humpty Dumpty, “This fall is great,

It made me an omelet!” Then he flew off the plate!

2. Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,

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

Couldn’t put Humpty together again.

They tried and tried but couldn’t fix his crack,

Then the king said, “Oh what a disaster, what a great

mishap!”

3. Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,

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

Couldn’t put Humpty together again.

So up came old King Cole and he danced about,

But he couldn’t put Humpty’s pieces together. No doubt!

4. Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall;

Humpty Dumpty had a great fall;

Threescore men and threescore more

Cannot place Humpty Dumpty as he was before.

5. Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall,

Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.

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

Could not put Humpty Dumpty together again.

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

Gave Humpty Dumpty the best funeral then.

6. Humpty Dumpty loved his wall,

He refused to listen when they made the call:

"Humpty, please come down from your perch!"

But he kept still and didn't budge an inch.

His stubbornness was his downfall,

A lesson for us all.

7. Humpty Dumpty was an acrobat bold

Who'd perform feats that astounded the whole world.

He would jump and flip, and never take a fall,

No matter how high he climbed, or how great his jump.

Till once he climbed too high, and took the spill,

And all the king's horses and men couldn't save him.

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