[PW] Re: "All the King's Men" - source of this phrase

[Dianne]

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall
All the king's horses
And all the king's men
Couldn't put Humpty Dumpty together again.

I don't know know if that's where it came from, but that's what comes to my 
mind.

Dianne Parham
Senior Management Analyst
San Diego Public Library
mutts at cox.net (home address)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "jon ackroyd" <jackroyd at gmail.com>
To: <list at project-wombat.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2006 09:36
Subject: [PW] "All the King's Men" - source of this phrase


> W0mbats:  This sounds old to me but I can't find from the WWW where it 
> might
> have originated. Was it only from the book ? Something earlier?  Any ideas 
> ?
>
> Thank you
>
> jon ackroyd