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Hey guess what! Polly put the kettle on...... yeah that was lame stare

anywho sweatdrop ........

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.

Any ideas? No? Does NO one know their history? No actually, it's just no one has the interest or the want to look up the history on kids nursery rhymes. Well if your interested this rhyme was published in 1797. The origin of "Polly put the kettle on" was based on the author having five children - two boys and three girls. There were constant arguments as the boys wanted to play soldiers and the girls wanted to play house! When the girls wanted to play without their brothers they would pretend to start a game of tea party "Polly put the kettle on" and the daughter, called Polly, would put the toy kettle on! As soon as the brothers left Sukey (or Susan) would take it off again! twisted Their father was so amused by this ploy that he set it to words and added the music which were subsequently published.

Lol. I think that's really funny.... and you gotta remember these kids were only about 5, so to come up with such a scheme is pretty funny.