Most people learned this popular nursery rhyme as children: 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 stars in Moore and Cleland’s pun-fueled tribute to northerly autumnal traditions. The rhyme’s classic start opens, establishing a refrain that sees the jolly egg repeatedly saved from ...