Who Killed Cock Robin?
/ˌhuː kɪld kɒk ˈrɒbɪn/
/ˌhuː kɪld kɑːk ˈrɑːbɪn/
- an old English nursery rhyme in which a group of animals talk about the death of a robin (= a small bird) and offer to help at his funeral. It may refer to the loss of political power of Robert Walpole in 1742.