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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]
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 ...
"I'm a Little Teapot" (George Harry Sanders and Clarence Kelley) "Comin' Through the Rye" "Git Along, Little Dogies" "Reuben and Rachel" (William Gooch and Harry Birch) "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" Nursery Rhyme Medley: "Hickory Dickory Dock", "Jack and Jill", "Jack Be Nimble" "Down by the Station"
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]
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 ...
"Fast Food Song" (a song using the names of several fast food franchises) "Popeye the Sailor Man" (theme song from the 20th-century cartoon series) "Ring Around the Rosie" "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" "Sea Lion Woman" "See Saw Margery Daw" "Singing To The Bus Driver" "Stella Ella Ola" "Ten Green Bottles" "The Song That Never Ends" "There Was an ...
I'm figuring that the portion I can read is referring to authorship of the teapot song. That's just one guy (books aren't usually fact-checked) and one source, but the vibe I get is that maybe it's a better source than Discogs. Could be wrong, but my guess is that the actor George Sanders didn't write the teapot song. Not a 100% slam dunk tho.