One Little Man in a Flying Saucer
One little man in a flying saucer / Flew round the world one day…
One little man in a flying saucer
Flew round the world one day
He looked left and right
But he couldn't bear the sight
So he quickly flew away. Ole
Sent in by Lynne M.
How to play
Look left and right on the words, and jump out on "flew away".
Where this rhyme comes from
- Earliest record
- after 1947
- Sung in
- UK
The term 'flying saucer' was coined in June 1947, so the rhyme comes after that. We haven't found a dated record of it yet.
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