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Title: This is the house that Jack built.
Author: Anon
First line: This is the house that Jack built.
Genre: Cumulative
Themes in this poem: Building.

Annotation For a picture book version by Rodney McRae (using the original 1820 verse) see - The House that Jack Built

Also see a New Zealand/Maori history version by Gavin Bishop using the original rhyme at - Bishop/House that Jack Built
 
Full Text		  
This is the house that Jack 
built. 
 
This is the malt 
That 
lay in the house that Jack 
built. 
 
This is the rat 
That ate 
the malt 
That lay in the house that Jack 
built. 
 
This is the cat 
That 
killed the rat 
That ate the malt 
That 
lay in the house that Jack 
built. 
 
This is the dog 
That 
worried the cat 
That killed the 
rat 
That ate the malt 
That lay in the 
house that Jack built. 
 
This is the 
cow with the crumpled horn 
That tossed 
the dog 
That worried the cat 
That 
killed the rat 
That ate the malt 
That 
lay in the house that Jack 
built. 
 
This is the maiden all 
forlorn 
That milked the cow with the 
crumpled horn 
That tossed the 
dog 
That worried the cat 
That killed 
the rat 
That ate the malt 
That lay in 
the house that Jack built. 
 
That is 
the man all tattered and torn 
That kissed 
the maiden all forlorn 
That milked the 
cow with the crumpled horn 
That tossed 
the dog 
That worried the cat 
That 
killed the rat 
That ate the malt 
That 
lay in the house that Jack 
built. 
 
This is the priest all shaven 
and shorn 
That married the man all 
tattered and torn 
That kissed the maiden 
all forlorn 
That milked the cow with the 
crumpled horn 
That tossed the 
dog 
That worried the cat 
That killed 
the rat 
That ate the malt 
That lay in 
the house that Jack built. 
 
This is 
the cock that crowed in the morn 
That 
waked the priest all shaven and 
shorn 
That married the man all tattered 
and torn 
That kissed the maiden all 
forlorn 
That milked the cow with the 
crumpled horn 
That tossed the 
dog 
That worried the cat 
That killed 
the rat 
That ate the malt 
That lay in 
the house that Jack built. 

This poem appears in the following books
Mud in the Frying Pan by June Factor
The Mother Goose Treasury by Raymond Briggs
The Oxford Nursery Rhyme Book by Iona and Peter Opie
Can You Keep a Secret? by Pamela Allen
The Macmillan Treasury of Poetry for Children by Susie Gibbs

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