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Bookmark or Share- Jack Sprat - Wikipedia"Jack Sprat" (or "Jack Spratt") is an English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19479.
- Jack Sprat - Nursery RhymesJack Sprat. At its origins “Jack Sprat” was known as a proverb, and the term used to refers at short people in the 16th century. It was first mentioned by John Clarke in English proverbs collection from 1639, Yet betwixt them both they lick the dishes cleane”.
- Jack Sprat - Poem AnalysisJack Sprat. ‘Jack Sprat’ is a popular English nursery rhyme that was published in Samuel Arnold’s children’s songbook “Juvenile Amusement” published in 1797. This rhyme was an English proverb from the mid 17th century. Read Poem.
- Jack Sprat Could Eat No Fat - English Children's Songs - Mama Lisa's ...Jack Sprat Could Eat No Fat Nursery Rhyme. Jack Sprat could eat no fat, His wife could eat no lean; And so betwixt them both, They lick'd the platter clean.
- Jack Sprat rhymeThe Jack Sprat alluded to in this English poem is reputed to be King Charles I (1625-1649) and Henrietta Maria, his Queen (1609-1669). Apparently, when King Charles (Jack Sprat) declared war on Spain, parliament refused to finance him (leaving him lean!)
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