“I Had a Little Horse Whose Name Was Jack”
Description
"I had a little horse whose name was Jack, Put him in the stable and he jumped through the crack."
Notes
The notes in Brown connect this with the English nursery rhyme, "I had a little pony, his name was Dapple Gray." This is possible -- but only that. - RBW
I don't see the connection either but Brown is refering to Opie-Oxford2 127, "I had a little pony" or--less likely--Opie-Oxford2 223, "I had a little horse." [See also Montgomerie-ScottishNR 12, 25, and especially Baring-Gould-MotherGoose #157, pp. 118-119, about dapple gray, and notes there. - RBW]
There seems a more complete version from Texas at the Real Live Preacher site in _Finding the Man in the Picture Part One_:
"I had a little dog, his name was Rover. He died all over except for his tail, and it turned over."
"I had a little mule, his name was Jack. I put him in the stable but he jumped through the crack." - BS
Cross references
- cf. "I Had a Little Pony (I)"
- cf. "I Had a Little Pony (II)" (lyrics)
References
- BrownIII 176, "I Had a Little Horse Whose Name Was Jack" (1 short text)
- BI, Br3176