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Thread #113069   Message #2927593
Posted By: GUEST, Sminky
14-Jun-10 - 12:08 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: The Spider and the Fly
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Spider and the Fly
Sorry, that was me, above.

This from Comic Songs by Thomas Hudson, dated 1824:

  "Will you walk into my parlour" (said a spider to a Fly)
  "'Tis the prettiest little parlour sure that ever you did spy.
  You've only got to pop your head within side of the door,
  You'll see so many curious things you never saw before. 
            Will you walk in, pretty Fly?"

Curious - this pre-dates Mary Howitt.