Little Poll Parrot - Wikipedia Little Poll Parrot `` Poll Parrot '' redirects here. For the shoe brand, see Poll Parrot Shoes. `` Little Poll Parrot '' Nursery rhyme Published 1853 Songwriter ( s ) Unknown `` Little Poll Parrot '' is an English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 20178. Lyrics Like Little Miss Muffet and Little Jack Horner the verse is an example of a nursery rhyme that contains six dactylic lines. The most common modern version of the lyrics is : Little Poll Parrot Sat in his garret Eating toast and tea ; A little brown mouse Jumped into the house, And stole it all away. Origins It has been argued that the rhyme originates in the seventeenth century. The earliest printed version was in a collection by James Orchard Halliwell in the 1840s. Notes ^ Jump up to : I. Opie and P. Opie, The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes ( Oxford University Press, 1951, 2nd edn., 1997 ), p. 353. Jump up ^ Hunt, Peter ( 1998 ). International Companion Encyclopedia of Children 's Literature. Taylor & Francis. p. 178. ISBN 0 - 415 - 08856 - 9. Children 's literature portal This folk song - related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Little_Poll_Parrot&oldid=783794783 '' Categories : Children 's songs English nursery rhymes Fictional parrots Fictional mice and rats Songs about animals Roud Folk Song Index songs Year of song unknown Songwriter unknown Folk song stubs Talk About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 4 June 2017, at 18 : 12 ( UTC ). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: according to the nursery rhyme in what was little poll parrot sat whilst eating toast and tea
Answer: his garret