What is the meaning of the song The Farmer in the Dell?

Answer 1

The farmer in the dell nursery rhyme refers to age old production. a farmer (historically) needed children to help with help hence he took a wife. The wife took a child in order to fulfill her duties as a mother the child took, or needed, a nurse during birth and early life. The nurse took a cow in order to help sustain the child quite possibly to supplement the wife's (mother) breastfeeding. The dog is needed to help manage the cattle (think a working border collie here). The dog (a stretch on this one) needs the cat for entertainment purposes. The cat obviously needs the rat as sustenance as does the rat need the cheese (the rat takes the cheese).

In the end the cheese stands alone. The nursery rhyme is a relationship to production and economy. The cheese represents the theoretical begining of the production line, although it should actually be the cow takes the grass, the grass takes the sun, and the sun stands alone because the grass is truly the primary consumer of energy from the sun. That energy is then transferred along the line to the farmer and the wife who earn income from that primary production of the grass.

Answer 2

A dell is a small wooded valley.

You know the part in the song that goes high-ho the Dairy-o the farmer in the dell? And hes a farmer, and it mentions dairy, well he is obviously in a dairy farm. You're welcome :) Answer by Natasha.

Answer 3

The Farmer in the Dale is a children's song, or nursery rhyme. It tells the story of a farmer in a dale who takes a wife, who takes a child, who takes a nurse, etc, until finally a rat takes a cheese, and the cheese "stands alone".

Answer 4

all i know is that it is a computer company

As well as being a computer company, a dell is a small valley or hollow usually covered with trees or, in the case of this song, grass. Dairy farms were once primarily located in these small valleys because of the natural barriers and relative safety.