![]() ![]() ![]() The quest and boots are a reference to the mythical Spring-heeled Jack, whereas the character is a reference to both Spring-heeled Jack and "Jack Be Nimble". The owner of said boots is, in keeping with the popular image, a vampire by the name of "Jakben, Earl of Imbel". The video game The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion contains a quest called "Boots of Springheel Jak" in which the player must retrieve a pair of boots with the same name. Jack, be nimble, Jack be quick Please don't make too much of it The lyric appears in Shark in the Water by V V Brown. Jack, be nimble, Jack be quick Jill's a little whore and her alibis are dirty tricks Sing along with snappy new versions of this classic and 'All Work and No Play.' Enjoy sharing them with your kids. So come on Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack flash sat on a candlestick Jumpin Jack Flash was a hit for the Rolling Stones. The group Set It Off also uses it in their song Wolf in Sheep's Clothing. It also features in the song Limbo Rock, by Chubby Checker: Jack be nimble, Jack be quick Jacked up the spoon on the candlestick. Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack jump over the candlestick, Ouch, said Jack as he touched the lighted wick, My God, you know that fire burns. It is used in Welcome To The Void by the psychedelic rock band Morgen on their album Morgen in 1969: Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Take a ride on the West Coast kick. It is also a line in Lindsey Buckingham's song Holiday Road, featured in National Lampoon's Vacation: Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack Flash sat on a candlestick, 'Cause fire's the devil's only friend. In the song Jack Be Nimble, the singer sings the lines Jack be nimble. In other media Ī variation of this rhyme is featured in the song " American Pie", by Don McLean in 1971, with a play on the title of the Rolling Stones song, " Jumpin' Jack Flash": Names: Smith, Jessie Willcox, 1863-1935 (Artist) Collection. Good luck was said to be signalled by clearing a candle without extinguishing the flame. Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, and Jack jump over the candlestick. Jumping candlesticks was a form of fortune telling and a sport. and was collected by James Orchard Halliwell in the mid-nineteenth century. The rhyme is first recorded in a manuscript of around 1815 A.D. ![]()
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