As for the melody, the earliest version of the tune that we sing today appears in J.W. Elliott’s National Nursery ... Little Jack Horner, an extended and revised version of the children’s ...

Little Bo Peep lost her sheep. We get it. But with the classic nursery rhyme “Little Jack Horner” we’re left to think only one thing: who wrote this crazy thing? And how has it lasted ...

Mr. ROBERTS: Little Jack Horner was actually Thomas Horner. The name Jack comes up in nursery rhymes a lot, usually to reflect a slightly knavish character, a bit of a ne'er-do-well.

January 8, 2006 • Host Debbie Elliott and Chris Roberts dissect the meaning of the nursery rhyme "Little Jack Horner." It's about a real estate swindle in 16th-century England. Roberts is the ...

The name Jack comes up a lot in nursery rhymes and fairy tales: “Jack and Jill,” “Little Jack Horner,” and “Jack and the ...

That's what the nursery rhyme "Little Jack Horner" is really all about. (Soundbite of music) ELLIOTT: Here to explain is our London librarian Chris Roberts. He's the author of "Heavy Words Lightly ...