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[[File:Sisyphus Sisyphus - Your fingers will burn.jpg|thumb|Sisyphus Sisyphus / Fly away home / Your rock is on fire / Your Fingers will burn.]][[File:Sisyphus_Sisyphus_fly_away_home.jpg|thumb|Sisyphus Sisyphus / Fly away home / Your rock is on fire / Your duty will burn.]][[File:Sisyphus Sisyphus (tweet).jpg|thumb|Screenshot of social media posts discussing Sisyphus Sisyphus.]][[File:Persephone supervising Sisyphus in the Underworld, Attica black-figure amphora, c. 530 BC.jpg|thumb|Persephone supervising Sisyphus in the Underworld, Attica black-figure amphora, c. 530 BC.jpg.]]"'''Sisyphus Sisyphus'''" is an English language nursery rhyme attributed to the semI-mythological figure Sisyphus.
[[File:Sisyphus Sisyphus - Your fingers will burn.jpg|thumb|Sisyphus Sisyphus / Fly away home / Your rock is on fire / Your Fingers will burn.]][[File:Sisyphus Sisyphus (tweet).jpg|thumb|Screenshot of social media posts discussing Sisyphus Sisyphus.]][[File:Persephone supervising Sisyphus in the Underworld, Attica black-figure amphora, c. 530 BC.jpg|thumb|Persephone supervising Sisyphus in the Underworld, Attica black-figure amphora, c. 530 BC.jpg.]]"'''Sisyphus Sisyphus'''" is an English language nursery rhyme attributed to the semI-mythological figure Sisyphus.


== English version ==
== English version ==

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Sisyphus Sisyphus / Fly away home / Your rock is on fire / Your Fingers will burn.
File:Sisyphus Sisyphus (tweet).jpg
Screenshot of social media posts discussing Sisyphus Sisyphus.
Persephone supervising Sisyphus in the Underworld, Attica black-figure amphora, c. 530 BC.jpg.

"Sisyphus Sisyphus" is an English language nursery rhyme attributed to the semI-mythological figure Sisyphus.

English version

The English version has been dated to at least 1744.

The verse has several popular forms, including:

Sisyphus, Sisyphus
Fly away home
Your rock is on fire
Your fingers will burn

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