Simple Simon met a pieman,

Going to the fair

Says Simple Simon to the pieman,

Let me taste your ware.

Said the pieman to Simple Simon,

Show me first your penny,

Said Simple Simon to the pieman,

Sir, 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 pulled his fingers very much,

Which made poor Simon whistle.

He went for water in a sieve but soon it all fell through

And now poor Simple Simon, bids you all "Adieu"

Simple Simon met a pieman,

Going to the fair

Says Simple Simon to the pieman,

Let me taste your ware.

Said the pieman to Simple Simon,

Show me first your penny,

Said Simple Simon to the pieman,

Sir, 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 pulled his fingers very much,

Which made poor Simon whistle.

He went for water in a sieve but soon it all fell through

And now poor Simple Simon, bids you all "Adieu"