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"Little Poll Parrot" is an English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 20178.
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Lyrics
Like Little Miss Muffet and Little Jack Horner the verse is an example of a nursery rhyme that contains six dactylic lines. The most common modern version of the lyrics is:
Little Poll ParrotSat in his garretEating toast and tea;A little brown mouseJumped into the house,And stole it all away.Origins
It has been argued that the rhyme originates in the seventeenth century. The earliest printed version was in a collection by James Orchard Halliwell in the 1840s.
References
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