Lyrics

Solomon Grundy,

Born on a Monday,

Christened on Tuesday,

Married on Wednesday,

Took ill on Thursday,

Grew worse on Friday,

Died on Saturday,

Buried on Sunday.

That was the end,

Of Solomon Grundy.

In popular culture

• The DC Comics
  DC Comics
  DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...
  
   character Solomon Grundy
  Solomon Grundy (comics)
  Solomon Grundy is a fictional character, a zombie supervillain in the DC Comics Universe. Named after the 19th century children's nursery rhyme, Grundy was introduced as an enemy of the Golden Age Green Lantern , but has since become a prominent enemy for a number of superheroes, such as Batman and...
  
  , a large, strong zombie
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   supervillain
  Supervillain
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  , invented as an adversary for the Green Lantern
  Green Lantern
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   in 1944, was named after this nursery rhyme. In the 2011 video game Batman: Arkham City, the character recites several lines of the poem before his battle with Batman.
• Comic artist and writer Kaori Yuki
  Kaori Yuki
  is a female Japanese manga artist best known for her gothic manga such as Earl Cain, its sequel Godchild, and Angel Sanctuary. Yuki debuted in 1987 with which ran in the manga anthology Bessatsu Hana to Yume published by Hakusensha. Her work is typically serialized in one of Hakusensha's two shōjo...
  
   wrote a short story centered around the poem using characters from her series God Child, which was published at the end of book five.
• The poet Philippe Soupault
  Philippe Soupault
  Philippe Soupault was a French writer and poet, novelist, critic, and political activist. He was active in Dadaism and later founded the Surrealist movement with André Breton...
  
   adapted this rhyme and called it "The Life of Philippe Soupault".
• Director Danny Boyle
  Danny Boyle
  Daniel "Danny" Boyle is an English filmmaker and producer. He is best known for his work on films such as Slumdog Millionaire, 127 Hours, 28 Days Later, Sunshine and Trainspotting. For Slumdog Millionaire, Boyle won numerous awards in 2008, including the Academy Award for Best Director...
  
   has a film adaptation of "Solomon Grundy" planned, but delayed it due to similarities between its story and the film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
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  .
• The name and structure of Ian McDonald
  Ian McDonald (author)
  Ian McDonald is a British science fiction novelist, living in Belfast. His themes include nanotechnology, postcyberpunk settings, and the impact of rapid social and technological change on non-Western societies.- Biography :...
  
  's science fiction
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  Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
  
   novella "The Days of Solomon Gursky" (Asimov's Science Fiction
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  June 1998, reprinted in Mike Ashley
  Mike Ashley (writer)
  Michael Ashley is a British bibliographer, author and editor of science fiction, mystery, and fantasy.He edits the long-running Mammoth Book series of short story anthologies, each arranged around a particular theme in mystery, fantasy, or science fiction...
  
  's 2006 anthology The Mammoth Book of Extreme Science Fiction
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  ) is based on the nursery rhyme. The title character (his name coincides with Mordecai Richler
  Mordecai Richler
  Mordecai Richler, CC was a Canadian Jewish author, screenwriter and essayist. A leading critic called him "the great shining star of his Canadian literary generation" and a pivotal figure in the country's history. His best known works are The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, Barney's Version,...
  
  's 1989 novel Solomon Gursky Was Here
  Solomon Gursky Was Here
  Solomon Gursky Was Here is a novel by Canadian author Mordecai Richler first published by Viking Canada in 1989.-Summary:The novel tells of several generations of the fictional Gursky family, who are connected to several disparate events in the history of Canada, including the Franklin Expedition...
  
  ) invents a way to resurrect the dead using nanotechnology
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  , developed in McDonald's 1994 novel Necroville. The spin-off novella consists of seven episodical chapters (titled after the days of the week) showing in increasing intervals Gursky's life from the early 21st century through the posthuman
  Posthuman
  Posthuman may refer to:*Posthuman, a hypothetical future being whose basic capacities so radically exceed those of present humans as to be no longer human by our current standards...
  
   future in space to the end of the universe when he constructs a Tipler machine to be reborn.
• The Bluetones
  The Bluetones
  The Bluetones were an English indie rock band, formed in Hounslow, Greater London, in 1993. The band's members were Mark Morriss on vocals, Adam Devlin on guitar, Scott Morriss on bass guitar, and Eds Chesters on drums. A fifth member, Richard Payne, came on board between 1998 and 2002...
  
   song "Solomon Bites the Worm
  Solomon Bites the Worm
  "Solomon Bites the Worm" is a song by The Bluetones, released as the first single from their second album, 1998's Return to the Last Chance Saloon. It reached number ten in the UK Singles Chart. In 2006, it was included on the band's compilation album, A Rough Outline: The Singles & B-Sides 95 - 03...
  
  " (1998) was based on this nursery rhyme.
• The premiere of Sesame Street
  Sesame Street
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  (air date November 10, 1969) features a Solomon Grundy cartoon in which he washes only one part of the left half of his body each day. At the end of the week Solomon is still "half dirty."
• The Pogues
  The Pogues
  The Pogues are a Celtic punk band, formed in 1982 and fronted by Shane MacGowan. The band reached international prominence in the 1980s and early 1990s. MacGowan left the band in 1991 due to drinking problems but the band continued first with Joe Strummer and then with Spider Stacy on vocals before...
  
   song "Billy's Bones" from the 1985 album Rum Sodomy & the Lash includes a rendition of this nursery rhyme.
• The Skavoovie and the Epitones
  Skavoovie and the epitones
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   song "Solomon Gundy" uses this rhyme as its lyrics.
• Detroit rapper Blaze Ya Dead Homie
  Blaze Ya Dead Homie
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   borrowed the name Grundy for his alias "Colton Grundy" and released the CD Colton Grundy: The Undying
  Colton Grundy: The Undying
  Colton Grundy: The Undying is the second studio album by Blaze Ya Dead Homie, released in 2004. This album features Blaze rapping under his alternate persona, Colton Grundy, who he is credited as on this release and on guest appearances elsewhere during this period.- Music and lyrics :Allrovi...
  
  where he mentions Solomon Grundy on the track "Timeline."