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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]
"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"
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 ...
Six Little Ducks; 10 Fat Sausages; 10 Little Indians; Three Blind Mice; Mary Had A Little Lamb; If You're Happy and You Know It; I'm a Little Teapot; Ring a Ring Of Roses; Round and Round the Garden; Hokey Cokey; 2 Little Dickey Birds; See Saw Marjorie Daw; With My Foot I Tap Tap Tap; The Grand Old Duke of York; Jelly on a Plate; Baa Baa Black ...
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
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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.