Simple Simon met a pieman going to the fair;\r
Said Simple Simon to the pieman Let me taste your ware\r
Said the pieman to Simple Simon Show me first your penny\r
Said Simple Simon to the pieman Sir, I have not any!\r
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Simple Simon went a-fishing for to catch a whale;\r
All the water he had got was in his mothers pail.\r
Simple Simon went to look if plums grew on a thistle;\r
He pricked his fingers very much which made poor Simon whistle.\r
He went for water in a sieve but soon it all fell through;\r
And now poor Simple Simon bids you all Adieu
