a NURSERY RHYME (= an old song or poem for children) . The rhyme goes: Ride a cock-horse to Banbury Cross,/To see a fine lady ride on a white horse,/With rings on her fingers and bells on her toes,/She shall have music wherever she goes.
an exciting piece of music from the OPERA The VALKYRIEs by Richard WAGNER, played when the VALKYRIE s, female messengers of the god Odin, ride into battle on their flying horses and take the souls of dead soldiers to VALHALLA . The music is often used in films and advertisements.