| Teapot Songs | ||||
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| Version # | Text | Source | Comments | Tally |
| #1 | I'm a little teapot, short and stout. Here is my handle, here is my spout. When I get all steamed up, then I shout: "Tip me over and pour me out!" |
New Jersey, Vancouver (British Columbia, Canada), someone schooled in Saudi Arabia by an Irish teacher, New York(2), Texas | Texas and NY use "hear me shout" in place of "then I shout." | 5 |
| #2 | I'm a little teapot,
Short and stout. This is my handle, and this is my spout. When you tip me o-ver, I pour out. I'm a little teapot, Short and Stout! |
New Mexico | Another of New Mexican origin leaves off the fourth line. | 2 (family) |
| #3 | I'm a little teapot, short and stout Here is my handle, here is my spout When you tip me over, I will shout. Just tip me over and pour me out! |
Mississippi | The resolution follows version 1, but the condition is that of version 2. | 1 |
| #4 | I'm a little teapot, short and stout. Here is my handle, here is my spout. When I get all steamed up, hear me shout: Sock it to me, baby, let it all hang out! |
a baby boomer from Detroit | This is a '70s joke. | 1 |
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