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26 Jun 23 - 04:09 PM (#4175574) Subject: Simple Simon From: Joe Offer SIMPLE SIMON Simple Simon met a pieman, Going to the fair; Says Simple Simon to the pieman, Let me taste your ware. Said the pieman unto Simon, Show me first your penny; Says Simple Simon to the pieman, Indeed I have not any. 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.[1] He went for water in a sieve But soon it all fell through And now poor Simple Simon Bids you all adieu![2] tune is Yankee Doodle Dandy??? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_Simon_(nursery_rhyme) |
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26 Jun 23 - 04:29 PM (#4175575) Subject: RE: Origins: Simple Simon From: Joe Offer from Gwyneth Try: Simple Simon From The Puffin Mother Goose Treasury illustrated by Raymond Briggs . First Edition 1966, 2010 Edition Simple Simon met a pieman Going to the fair; Says Simple Simon to the pieman, Let me taste your ware. Says the pieman to Simple Simon, Show me first your penny; Says Simple Simon to the pieman, Indeed I have not any. 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 a-hunting For to catch a hare; He rode a goat about the streets, But couldn’t find one there. He went to catch a dickey bird, And thought he could not fail, Because he’d got a little salt To put upon its tail. He went to shoot a wild duck, But wild duck flew away; Says Simon, I can’t hit him Because he will not stay. He went to ride a spotted cow, That had a little calf; She threw him down upon the ground, Which made the people laugh. 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 try if cherries ripe Did grow upon a thistle; He pricked his finger very much, Which made poor Simon whistle. 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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26 Jun 23 - 04:29 PM (#4175576) Subject: RE: Origins: Simple Simon From: Joe Offer Also from Gwyneth: 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. |
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26 Jun 23 - 04:30 PM (#4175577) Subject: RE: Origins: Simple Simon From: Joe Offer Simple Simon 3 Here's a longer version from The Real Mother Goose (1916), illustrated by Blanche Fisher Wright: Simple Simon met a pieman, Going to the fair; Says Simple Simon to the pieman, "Let me taste your ware." Says the pieman to Simple Simon, "Show me first your penny," Says Simple Simon to the pieman, "Indeed, I have not any." Simple Simon went a-fishing For to catch a whale; All the water he could find 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. He went to catch a dicky bird, And thought he could not fail, Because he had a little salt, To put upon its tail. He went for water with a sieve, But soon it ran all through; And now poor Simple Simon Bids you all adieu. |
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27 Jun 23 - 05:12 AM (#4175607) Subject: RE: Origins: Simple Simon From: GUEST,Peter Cripps Simple Simon met a pieman, Going to the fair; Says Simple Simon to the pieman, What have you got there? Pies you fool! |
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27 Jun 23 - 06:17 AM (#4175613) Subject: RE: Origins: Simple Simon From: MaJoC the Filk
Childhood memory: I can remember seeing a line drawing on a drum of Saxa salt, showing a boy joyfully running after a bird and pouring salt on its tail from a salt celler. I was young enough that I had to have it explained to me that this illustrated their tagline "free running". |