Polly Put the Kettle On
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"Polly Put the Kettle On" is a nursery rhyme.
"Molly Put the Kettle On or Jenny's Baubie" was published by Joseph Dale c 1809-10. It was also printed, with "Polly" instead of "Molly" in Dublin about the same time. The melody is vaguely similar to "Oh du lieber Augustin", which was published in Mainz in 1788-89. According to James J. Fuld's "The Book of World-Famous Music: Classical, Popular, and Folk" (Dover, 1966/1995), "Polly Put the Kettle on" is derived from the "Augustin" song. "Jenny's Bawbee" was published by A Muffat in "The Minstrelsy of Scotland" by Augener (c 1914). In the form of a dance tune, "Jenny's Baubee" is in Johnson's "Scots Musical Museum" in 1797. In middle-class families in the mid-eighteenth century "Sukey" was equivalent to "Susan". The nursery rhyme is mentioned in Dickens' "Barnaby Rudge".
[edit] Lyrics
- 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
