Little Jack Horner in the Tudor period. The song’s most common lyrics are: <poem style="margin-left:24px> Little Jack Horner Sat in the corner, Eating his Christmas pie; He put in his thumb, And pulled out a plum, And said, "What a good boy am I!"</poem> It was first documented in full in the nursery rhyme collection "Mother Goose's melody, or, Sonnets for the cradle", which may date from 1765, although the earliest surviving English edition is from 1791. The melody commonly associated with the rhyme was first recorded by the composer and nursery rhyme collector James William Elliott in his "National Nursery Rhymes and
Nora S. Unwin ownership and options. Nora was a twin and one of five children. She never married. The Unwin family still lives in Surrey, a few in USA and Cyprus as well. A few are aspiring artists like their 'Aunt Nora'. Nora S. Unwin Nora Spicer Unwin (February 22, 1907– January 1, 1982) was a children's book illustrator and author. She was born near London, England, in a family already renowned for publishing and printing circles and for founding three different publishing houses, most notably Allen & Unwin. Nora grew up with a passion for art. Her parents converted the upstairs nursery