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The recitation of this rhyme is generally accompanied by physical actions that involve imitating a teapot ''(actions described in brackets below)''. The rhyme with a 9-9-9-8 rhythm: :I'm a little teapot, short and stout :Here is my handle ''(place left hand on left hip to imitate handle)'', here is my spout ''(move right hand to imitate spout)''. :When I get all steamed up then I shout. (alternately, "hear me shout") :Tip me over and pour me out ''(lean to the right to imitate pouring tea from the spout)''. The third line often varies: one line used is "When I spy a teacup, then I shout". Though uncommon, an optional second verse exists: :I'm a clever teapot, yes it's true :Here's an example of what I can do :I can change my handle to my spout ''(switch arm positions and repeat tipping motion)''. :Just tip me over and pour me out. Another version, common in the United Kingdom , with a 9-7-9-7 rhythm: :I'm a little teapot, short and stout :Here's my handle, here's my spout. :When the kettle's boiling, hear me shout. :Tip me up and pour me out. PARODY: In the children's show, Animaniacs, Dot (During a short called "Dot's Poetry Corner" in which she recietes parodies of famous nursery rhymes) recites a parody of the song in which the "teapot" is really an insane person who thinks he/she is various forms of kitchen appliances. The parody went as such- ''I'm a little teapot, short and stout. Here is my handle... ...And here's a letter from my shrink! (Dot holds up a sheet of paper with writing on it.) He says I'm getting better! Last week I thought I was a toaster oven! (Maniacal laughter.)'' |
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