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After reviewing her great-grandmother Verna Hills Bayley’s papers, the writer discovered that Bayley wrote the poem that became “The Wheels on the Bus.” Bayley was paid $2.25 for it by American Childhood magazine in 1937 and sold the rights seven years later, but never told her family about the song’s later fame. The writer reflects that children still sing Bayley’s words around the world, including in Singapore, and sees each performance as a tribute to her.
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