THIS IS THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT nursery rhyme

nursery rhyme Nursery Rhymes Lyrics and Origins This is the House that Jack built Origins of 'This is the house that Jack built!' Nursery Rhyme The origin of the lyrics to 'This is the house that Jack built' cannot be traced to specific people or historical events but merely reflect the everyday characters and lifestyle which could have been found in rural England and date back to the sixteenth century. The phrase 'This is the house that Jack built' is often used as a derisory term in describing a badly constructed building! This is the House that Jack built poem This is the house that Jack built! This is the malt that lay in the house that Jack built. This is the rat that ate the malt That lay in the house that Jack built. This is the cat that killed the rat That ate the malt that lay in the house that Jack built. This is the dog that worried the cat That killed the rat that ate the malt That lay in the house that Jack built. This is the cow with the crumpled horn That tossed t