Mother Goose Rhymes

Mother Goose rhymes

Simple Simon

 

Simple Simon met a pie-man,

  Going to the fair;

Says Simple Simon to the pie-man,

   “Let me taste your ware”.

 

Says the pie-man unto Simon,

  “First give me a penny.”

Says Simple Simon to the pie-man,

“I have not got any.”

 

He went to catch a dicky-bird,

  And thought he could not fail,

Because he had got a little salt

  To put upon his tail.

 

He went to ride a spotted cow,

  That had got a little calf,

She threw him down upon the ground,

  Which made the people laugh.

 

Then Simple Simon went a-hunting,

  Fore to catch a hare,

He rode a goat about the street,

  But could not find one there.

 

He went for to eat honey

  Out of the mustard-pot,

Het bit his tongue until he cried,

  That was all the good he got.

 

Simple Simon went a-fishing

  For to catch a whale;

And all the water he had got

  Was in his mother’s pail.

 

He went to take a bird’s nest,

  Was built upon a bough;

A branch gave way, and Simon fell

  Into a dirty slough.

 

He went to shoot a wild duck,

  But the wild duck flew away;

Says Simon, “ I can’t hit him,

  Because he will not stay.”

 

Once Simon made a great snowball,

  And brought it in to roast;

He laid it down before the fire,

  And soon the ball was lost.

 

He went to slide upon the ice,

  Before the ice would bear;

Then he plunged in above his knees,

  Which made poor Simon stare.

 

He went to try if cherries ripe

  Grew upon a thistle;

He pricked his finger verry much

  Which made poor Simon whistle

 

He washed himself with blacking-ball,

  Because he had no soap;

Then, then, said to his mother,

  "I’m a beauty now, I hope.”

He went for water in a sieve,

  But soon it all ran through;

And now poor simple Simon

  Bids you all adieu.

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