| "I'm a Little Teapot" | |
|---|---|
 sheet music cover | |
| Song by George Harry Sanders and Clarence Kelley | |
| Released | 1939 |
| Genre | Children's music |
| Label | Kelman Music Corporation |
| Songwriter(s) | George Harry Sanders and Clarence Kelley |
"I'm a Little Teapot" is an American novelty song describing the heating and pouring of a teapot or a whistling tea kettle. The song was originally written by George Harry Sanders and Clarence Z. Kelley and published in 1939.[1] By 1941, a Newsweek article referred to the song as "the next inane novelty song to sweep the country".[2]
- ^ Sanders, Ronald (January 1972). Reflections on a Teapot, the Personal History of a Time. Harper & Row, New York. ISBN 978-0-06-013754-0.
- ^ Newsweek (1941), Vol. 18, p. 10.