Here’s hy entry - Jack Be Nimble
Based on the authority of Mother Goose…
Jack be nimble,
Jack be quick,
Jack jump over the candlestick
There are also theories that the rhyme was based on an English pirate, ‘Black Jack Smatt’. Black Jack was said to be able to escape from capture whenever under threat (‘nimble’ and ‘quick’). Black Jack lived on Jamaica, in Port Royal, during the Golden Age of Piracy. Jack Smatt was portrayed in the Pirates of the Caribbean movies as Jack Sparrow