Little Miss Muffet
Version 1
Little Miss Muffet
Sat on a tuffet,
Eating some curds and whey.
Along came a spider
Who sat down beside her
And frightened Miss Muffet away.
(Mother Goose Club Version)
Version 2
Little Miss Muffet
Sat on a tuffet,
Eating her curds and whey;
There came a big spider,
Who sat down beside her
And frightened Miss Muffet away.
Source: Songs of the Nursery (1805)
Version 3
Little Miss Mopsey,
Sat in the shopsey,
Eating curds and whey;
There came a little spider,
Who sat down beside her,
And frightened Miss Mopsey away!
Source: The Boyd Smith Mother Goose (1919)
Historical Background
The origins and historical background of “Little Miss Muffet” are uncertain. One theory dates the rhyme back to the late sixteenth century and suggests that the rhyme was written by Dr. Thomas Muffet, a famous entomologist, for his stepdaughters. The rhyme was first published in 1805 in “Songs for the Nursery.”
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