Tea Party

When I wrote my post about drinking tea by myself, I searched and searched the internet for a poem that I remembered from my childhood.

Today I remembered some more of the wording, and searched again. This time I was successful!



The Tea Party

I had a little tea party
This afternoon at three.
'Twas very small-
Three guests in all-
Just I, myself and me.

Myself ate all the sandwiches,
While I drank up the tea;
'Twas also I who ate the pie
And passed the cake to me.
~Jessica Nelson North


I found it at this beautiful site here.

I distinctly remember this poem being in my Mother Goose nursery rhyme book. I didn't understand it--tea wasn't really with three people if the people consisted of "I, myself, and me." I remember my mom explaining it to me, and I remember finally understanding it! When I was searching for the poem, I should have asked my mom, because she read those rhymes to me over and over again, and she still has many of them memorized--just from reading them to me! My Mother Goose book got quite the beating (unfortunately) and is no longer around.

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