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 tosses 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 maiden all forlorn,

That milked the cow with the crumpled horn,
That tossed 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 man all tattered and torn,

That kissed the maiden all forlorn,
That milked the cow with the crumpled horn,
That tossed 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 priest all shaven and shorn,

That married the man all tattered and torn,
That kissed the maiden all forlorn,
That milked the cow with the crumpled horn,
That tossed 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 cock that crowed in the morn,

That waked the priest all shaven and shorn,
That married the man all tattered and torn,
That kissed the maiden all forlorn,
That milked the cow with the crumpled horn,
That tossed 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 farmer sowing the corn,

That kept the cock that crowed in the morn,
That waked the priest all shaven and shorn,
That married the man all tattered and torn,
That kissed the maiden all forlorn,
That milked the cow with the crumpled horn,
That tossed the dog,
That worried the cat,
That killed the rat,
That ate the malt
That lay in the house that Jack built.
                                                                      from The Original Mother Goose, based on the 1916 Classic