Little Tommy Tucker
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The phrase "Little Tommy Tucker" is a colloquial term used to describe orphans. It is also the name of a variety of rose[1], and the title of several works of literature, including:
- a traditional children's nursery rhyme. The poem refers to him singing for his supper, and asks "how shall he marry/without a wife". The singing refers to begging, and the lack of a wife is the difficulty an orphan would have had in finding one because of their low status in society. The poem was first published in 1829.
- Little Tom Tucker
- Sings for his supper.
- What shall he eat?
- White bread and butter.
- How will he cut it
- Without any knife?
- How will he be married
- Without any a wife?
- a short story by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
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