This rhyme goes back to the 18th century…
Jack Sprat Had a Cat
Jack Sprat
Had a cat,
It had but one ear;
It went to buy butter
When butter was dear.
Notes
Here's another one about Jack Sprat's Cat:
Jack Sprat had a cat,
It had but one ear;
That he cut off,
And made small beer.
It comes from Rhymes Old and New, Collected by M.E.S. Wright (1900).
Thanks and Acknowledgements
This rhyme can be found in The Little Mother Goose (1912), illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith. It can also be found in The Nursery Rhymes of England (1843) by James Orchard Halliwell.
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