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"I'm a Little Teapot" is an American novelty song describing the heating and pouring of a teapot or a whistling tea kettle. The song was originally written by George Harry Sanders and Clarence Z. Kelley and published in 1939. [1] By 1941, a Newsweek article referred to the song as "the next inane novelty song to sweep the country". [2]
Among the most famous of these is "I'm a Little Teapot". A term from the song is now commonly used in cricket to describe a disgruntled bowler's stance when a catch has been dropped. A 'teapot' involves standing with one hand on your hip in disappointment, a 'double teapot' [19] involves both hands on hips and a disapproving glare. [20]
Advertisement for the 1916 film, based on a screen story by Grace Helen Bailey inspired by the song. Common modern versions include: Polly put the kettle on, Polly put the kettle on, Polly put the kettle on, We'll all have tea. Sukey take it off again, Sukey take it off again, Sukey take it off again, They've all gone away. [1]
The terms "nursery rhyme" and "children's song" emerged in the 1820s, although this type of children's literature previously existed with different names such as Tommy Thumb Songs and Mother Goose Songs. [1] The first known book containing a collection of these texts was Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book, which was published by Mary Cooper in 1744 ...
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I'll Be Back (Arnee and the Terminaters song) I'm a Big Girl Now (song) I'm a Gummy Bear; I'm a Little Teapot; I'm a Nut; I'm Afraid to Come Home in the Dark; I'm an Individual; I'm Henery the Eighth, I Am; I'm My Own Grandpa; I'm the Urban Spaceman; I've danced with a man, who's danced with a girl, who's danced with the Prince of Wales
I'll Walk Beside You (song) I'm a Little Teapot; I've Got My Eyes on You (1939 song) If I Didn't Care; If I Had My Life to Live Over; If I Knew Then (Dick Jurgens and Eddy Howard song) If I Only Had a Brain; If I Were King of the Forest; Imagine Me in the Maginot Line; In a Mellow Tone; In the Middle of a Dream; In the Mood; It's a Big Wide ...
The album contains 27 classic children's songs. Track listing. Oh Where, Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone?" (Septimus Winner) "The Wheels on the Bus" (Verna Hills) "Do Your Ears Hang Low?" "Dry Bones" (James Weldon Johnson and J. Rosamond Johnson) "The Wabash Cannonball" "Brother, Come and Dance with Me" (Engelbert Humperdinck)