I'm a Little Teapot

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"I'm a Little Teapot" is a nursery rhyme describing the boiling and pouring of a teapot.



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/right hand on corresponding hip to imitate handle),

here is my spout (position right/left hand in air 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".

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