going going referred going english language nursery rhyme rhyme recorded 1840s older origins street cries verse seventeenth century refers equestrian statue king charles london death satire royalist reactions execution recorded modern form mid nineteenth century folk song index number lyrics modern versions include folk song index folk songs variations number song origin rhyme thought refer equestrian statue charles erected restoration moved site old central london bronze statue largely dark colour black refer king hair colour line refer reaction crowd beheaded satire royalist reactions event rhyme produced combination existing traditional london street cry note ballad seventeenth century manuscript oxford contains lines printed children rhyme variation famous ride horse pretty tales published lyrics modern version combine elements rhyme reference execution charles collected printed 1840s
As I was going by Charing Cross