This Is the House That Jack Built (Cameroonian Version)
This Is the House That Jack Built (Cameroonian Version)
Cumulative Song
Leader:
This is the House that Jack built.
Group:
This is the house, this is the house,
This is the house that Jack built.
Leader:
This is the Malt,
That lay in the House that Jack built.
Group:
This is the house, this is the house,
This is the house that Jack built.
Leader:
This is the Rat,
That ate the Malt,
That lay in the House that Jack built.
Group:
This is the house, this is the house,
This is the house that Jack built.
Leader:
This is the Cat,
That killed the Rat,
That ate the Malt,
That lay in the House that Jack built.
Group:
This is the house, this is the house,
This is the house that Jack built.
Leader:
This is the Dog,
That worried the Cat,
That killed the Rat,
That ate the Malt,
That lay in the House that Jack built.
Group:
This is the house, this is the house,
This is the house that Jack built.
Leader:
This is the Cow with the crumpled horn,
That tossed the Dog,
That worried the Cat,
That killed the Rat,
That ate the Malt,
That lay in the House that Jack built.
Group:
This is the house, this is the house,
This is the house that Jack built.
Leader:
This is the Maiden all forlorn,
That milked the Cow with the crumpled horn,
That tossed the Dog,
That worried the Cat,
That killed the Rat,
That ate the Malt,
That lay in the House that Jack built.
Group:
This is the house, this is the house,
This is the house that Jack built.
Leader:
This is the Man all tattered and torn,
That kissed the Maiden all forlorn,
That milked the Cow with the crumpled horn,
That tossed the Dog,
That worried the Cat,
That killed the Rat,
That ate the Malt,
That lay in the House that Jack built.
Group:
This is the house, this is the house,
This is the house that Jack built.
Leader:
This is the Priest, all shaven and shorn,
That married the Man all tattered and torn,
That kissed the Maiden all forlorn,
That milked the Cow with the crumpled horn,
That tossed the Dog,
That worried the Cat,
That killed the Rat,
That ate the Malt,
That lay in the House that Jack built.
Group:
This is the house, this is the house,
This is the house that Jack built.
Leader:
This is the Cock that crowed in the morn
That waked the Priest all shaven and shorn,
That married the Man all tattered and torn,
That kissed the Maiden all forlorn,
That milked the Cow with the crumpled horn,
That tossed the Dog,
That worried the Cat,
That killed the Rat,
That ate the Malt,
That lay in the House that Jack built.
Group:
This is the house, this is the house,
This is the house that Jack built.
Leader:
This is the Farmer who sowed the corn,
That fed the Cock that crowed in the morn,
That waked the Priest all shaven and shorn,
That married the Man all tattered and torn,
That kissed the Maiden all forlorn,
That milked the Cow with the crumpled horn,
That tossed the Dog,
That worried the Cat,
That killed the Rat,
That ate the Malt,
That lay in the House that Jack built.
Group:
This is the house, this is the house,
This is the house that Jack built.
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Notes
According to The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes, The House That Jack Built was first seen in print in 1755 in Nurse Truelove's New-Year's-Gift (J. Newbury).
Comments
The pictures above are from "The House That Jack Built and The Magpie - A Game of Forfeits"
Before the song begins, you'll hear the following: "This is Nyango Melissa Nambangi from MAWA doing, 'This is the House that Jack Built' in our Cameroonian style, using the tune we used to sing it to in primary school in Cameroon. And with me are my nieces Lisa and Jazzy. All right..."
Many thanks to Nyango M. Nambangi of the Minnesota African Women's Association for contributing this song and for singing it for us with her nieces, Lisa Kalle and Jazzy Kalle.
