"Little Poll Parrot" is an English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 20178.
| "Little Poll Parrot" | |
|---|---|
| Nursery rhyme | |
| Published | 1853 |
| Songwriter(s) | Unknown |
Lyrics edit
Like Little Miss Muffet and Little Jack Horner the verse is an example of a nursery rhyme that contains six dactylic lines. The most common modern version of the lyrics is:
- Little Poll Parrot
- Sat in his garret
- Eating toast and tea;
- A little brown mouse
- Jumped into the house,
- And stole it all away.[1]
Origins edit
It has been argued that the rhyme originates in the seventeenth century.[2] The earliest printed version was in a collection by James Orchard Halliwell in the 1840s.[1]
Notes edit
- ^ a b I. Opie and P. Opie, The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes (Oxford University Press, 1951, 2nd edn., 1997), p. 353.
- ^ Hunt, Peter (1998). International Companion Encyclopedia of Children's Literature. Taylor & Francis. p. 178. ISBN 0-415-08856-9.
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