Jack Sprat
Could eat no fat,
His wife could eat no lean;
And so betwixt them both,
They lick'd the platter clean.
Notes
Composition date is unknown - the above date represents the first publication date.
The lyrical form of this poem is aabcb.
1. See The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes, ed. Iona and
Peter Opie (1951\; Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1966), no. 264, p. 238.
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