{"id":23264,"date":"2023-01-01T18:37:06","date_gmt":"2023-01-01T17:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/?p=168510"},"modified":"2023-01-07T20:33:40","modified_gmt":"2023-01-07T19:33:40","slug":"little-jack-horner-lyrics","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/rss_feed\/little-jack-horner-lyrics\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Little Jack Horner\u2019 lyrics"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It is thought the nursery rhyme \u2018Little Jack Horner\u2019 dates back to the 18th century. The first time it appears in print\u00a0 is in Henry Carey\u2019s 1725 satire\u00a0 \u2018Namby Pamby\u2019 \u2013 although the lyrics differ\u00a0 slightly.<\/p>\n\n<h2>Who was Jack Horner?<\/h2>\n<p>There is thought that the rhyme was inspired by \u2013 and written in satire as a response to\u00a0 \u2013 the\u00a0dishonest actions of Thomas Horner in the Tudor period.<\/p>\n<h2>\u2018Little Jack Horner\u2019 lyrics<\/h2>\n<p>Little Jack Horner<br\/>\nSat in the corner,<br\/>\nEating his Christmas pie;<br\/>\nHe put in his thumb,<br\/>\nAnd pulled out a plum,<br\/>\nAnd said, \u201cWhat a good boy am I!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<section class=\""highlight\"> <div class=\""highlight__content\" editor-content=\"\"> \n<h4>More famous nursery rhyme lyrics<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/articles\/row-row-row-your-boat-lyrics\/"\">\u2018Row row row your boat\u2019 lyrics<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/articles\/mary-mary-quite-contrary-lyrics\/"\">What are the lyrics to \u2018Mary Mary Quite Contrary\u2019?<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/articles\/little-tommy-tucker-lyrics\/"\">What are the lyrics to \u2018Little Tommy Tucker\u2019?<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/articles\/what-are-the-lyrics-to-the-nursery-rhyme-oranges-and-lemons\/"\">What are the lyrics to the nursery rhyme \u2018Oranges and Lemons\u2019?<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> <\/p><\/div> <\/section> <p>Main image: Illustration of Little Jack Horner by William Wallace Denslow\/Creative Commons<\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By BBC Music Magazine Published: Sunday, 01 January 2023 at 12:00 am It is thought the nursery rhyme \u2018Little Jack Horner\u2019 dates back to the 18th century. The first time it appears in print\u00a0 is in Henry Carey\u2019s 1725 satire\u00a0 \u2018Namby Pamby\u2019 \u2013 although the lyrics differ\u00a0 slightly. Who was Jack Horner? There is thought […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":23265,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"< 1"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2023\/01\/little-jack-horner-lyrics.png",748,906,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2023\/01\/little-jack-horner-lyrics-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2023\/01\/little-jack-horner-lyrics-248x300.png",248,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2023\/01\/little-jack-horner-lyrics.png",748,906,false],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2023\/01\/little-jack-horner-lyrics.png",748,906,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2023\/01\/little-jack-horner-lyrics.png",748,906,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2023\/01\/little-jack-horner-lyrics.png",748,906,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By BBC Music Magazine Published: Sunday, 01 January 2023 at 12:00 am It is thought the nursery rhyme \u2018Little Jack Horner\u2019 dates back to the 18th century. The first time it appears in print\u00a0 is in Henry Carey\u2019s 1725 satire\u00a0 \u2018Namby Pamby\u2019 \u2013 although the lyrics differ\u00a0 slightly. Who was Jack Horner? There is thought…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/23264"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}