Anonymous British

Little Jack Horner

Little Jack Horner Sat in a corner, Eating of Christmas pye; He put in his thumb, And pull'd out a plumb, And what a good boy was I. Composition date is unknown - the above date represents the first publication date. The lyrical form of this poem is aabccb. 1. See The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes, ed. Iona and Peter Opie (1951\; Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1966), no. 262, pp. 234-37. see cross-reference Mother Goose for illustration: http://allpoetry-classic. com/poem/11611654-Little_Jack_Horner-by-Mother_Goose