Little Poll Parrot
Little Poll Parrot
Sat in her* garret**,
Eating toast and tea;
A little brown mouse
Jumped into the house,
And stole it all away.
Notes
*Some versions have it as "his" garret.
**Turret
According to The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes (1951), edited by Iona and Peter Opie, "Tea is here rhymed with away as in Polly Put the Kettle On."
Thanks and Acknowledgements
This rhyme can be found in The Little Mother Goose (1912), illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith and in The Nursery Rhymes of England (1886) by James Orchard Halliwell.
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