Molly Put the Kettle On or Jenny's Baubie
Medium: song
Publication date: 1803
Publisher: Joseph DaleRoud Folk Song Index Number: 7899
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This is the earliest known printed example of the popular English nursery rhyme "Polly Put the Kettle On."
A song with the title: "Molly Put the Kettle On or Jenny's Baubie" was published by Joseph Dale in London in 1803. It was also printed, with "Polly" instead of "Molly" in Dublin about 1790-1810 and in New York around 1803-07.
Modern versions of this nursery rhyme commonly include these 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.
