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Little Jack Horner

Little Jack Horner
  Sat in a corner,
  Eating of Christmas pye;
  He put in his thumb,
  And pull'd out a plumb,
  And what a good boy was I.

Notes

Composition date is unknown - the above date represents the first publication date.
The lyrical form of this poem is aabccb.

1. See The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes, ed. Iona and
Peter Opie (1951\; Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1966), no. 262, pp. 234-37.

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  • pozo
    March 29, 2006
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    I'm used to 'eating his christmas pie' and 'what a good boy am I'. Another great one from childhood, which I recommend to parents. Thanks Old Poetry researcher/s who worked on these rhymes for my little nostalgia fest