Index to the Parrot Poems
The following is a list of the poems by date of publication (all in 1903), with a link to the annotated text of each poem. Those poems marked “Not in McIlvaine” were probably not written by Wodehouse (see also the footnote below).
We are once more indebted to the late Terry Mordue for his monumental effort in annotating the entire sequence of poems. This was a massive task, spanning many months, and we are proud and honoured to present the annotated version here. For an even more fully annotated set of these poems with some historical overview about the political context, see Terry’s Parrot main page, and for Terry’s take on all things Wodehouse, please visit his website, now hosted by Madame Eulalie since Terry’s passing.
01 September 30, 1903 Not in McIlvaine
02 October 1, 1903 Not in McIlvaine
03 October 2, 1903 Not in McIlvaine
04 October 3, 1903 Not in McIlvaine
05 October 5, 1903 Not in McIlvaine
06 October 6, 1903 Not in McIlvaine
07 October 7, 1903 Not in McIlvaine
08 October 8, 1903 Not in McIlvaine
09 October 9, 1903 Not in McIlvaine
10 October 10, 1903 Not in McIlvaine
11 October 12, 1903 Not in McIlvaine
12 October 13, 1903 Not in McIlvaine
13 October 14, 1903 Not in McIlvaine
14 October 15, 1903 Not in McIlvaine
16 October 17, 1903 Not in McIlvaine
17 October 19, 1903 Not in McIlvaine
19 October 21, 1903 See footnote
23 October 26, 1903 Not in McIlvaine
24 October 27, 1903 Not in McIlvaine
32 November 5, 1903 Not in McIlvaine
33 November 6, 1903 Not in McIlvaine
36 November 10, 1903 Not in McIlvaine
38 November 12, 1903 Not in McIlvaine
40 November 19, 1903 Not in McIlvaine
41 November 26, 1903 Not in McIlvaine
44 December 5, 1903 See footnote
46 December 14, 1903 Not in McIlvaine
47 December 16, 1903 Not in McIlvaine
48 December 21, 1903 Not in McIlvaine
Note: During the period 1900–1908, Wodehouse kept a notebook, “Money Received for Literary Work”. On the strength of entries in this (which she refers to as the “PGW Account Book”), McIlvaine (P. G. Wodehouse: A Comprehensive Bibliography and Checklist) attributes 21 poems to Wodehouse. However, two of these poems—those of 21 October and 5 December—are not in fact listed in the notebook and cannot with confidence be attributed to Wodehouse.