One night for my tea, I fancied luxury
So I went down to old periwinkle
Bought myself a pennyworth of winkles
Put them on the table for my wife to see
Then she came down with seven young kids
And all the family

They started ...

Picking all the big ones out
Picking all the big ones out

You should have seen my pennyworth of winkles
All the big ones gone

It made me jump and shout
When I saw my wife and seven kids
Had picked all the big ones out!