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Simple Simon 2
Here's another version of Simple Simon from A History of Nursery Rhymes (1899) by Percy B. Green:

Simple Simon went a-fishing
For to catch a whale,
All the water he had got
Was in his mother's pail.

Simple Simon went to look
If plums grew on a thistle,
He pricked his fingers very much,
Which made poor Simon whistle.

Simple Simon went to town
To buy a piece of meat,
He tied it to his horse's tail
To keep it clean and sweet.