Oranges & Lemons is the eleventh studio album by English band XTC, released in 1989, the name of the album came from the old English nursery rhyme,"Oranges and Lemons" is a traditional English nursery rhyme and singing game which refers to the bells of several churches, all within or close to the where?
Oranges &amp; Lemons (album) Oranges & Lemons is the eleventh studio album by English band XTC, released in 1989. The name of the album came from the old English nursery rhyme, also referenced in the song "Ballet for a Rainy Day" on their previous album "Skylarking". "Oranges & Lemons" was XTC's second double album, after 1982's "English Settlement". The band was sent to Los Angeles to record the album, and Paul Fox was recruited for his first producing gig.
As I was going by Charing Cross "As I was going by Charing Cross" (sometimes referred to as "As I was going to Charing Cross"), is an English language nursery rhyme. The rhyme was first recorded in the 1840s, but it may have older origins in street cries and verse of the seventeenth century. It refers to the equestrian statue of King Charles I in Charing Cross, London, and may allude to his death or be a puritan satire on royalist reactions to his execution. It was not recorded in its modern form until the mid-nineteenth century. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 20564.