![]() A possible inspiration is Simon Edy, a beggar of the St Giles area in the 18th century. The character of Simple Simon may have been in circulation much longer, possibly through an Elizabethan chapbook and in a ballad, Simple Simon's Misfortunes and his Wife Margery's Cruelty, from about 1685. The verses used today are the first of a longer chapbook history first published in 1764. He went for water in a sieve But soon it all fell through And now poor Simple Simon Bids you all adieu! Origin Simple Simon went to look If plums grew on a thistle He pricked his fingers very much, Which made poor Simon whistle. Says the pieman to Simple Simon, Show me first your. Simple Simon went a-fishing, For to catch a whale All the water he had got, Was in his mother's pail. 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 met a pieman, Going to the fair Says Simple Simon to the pieman, Let me taste your ware. Lyrics Denslow illustration of Simple Simon and the pie man The rhyme continues to be reprinted and referenced in the last century, with references being made in Disney animated. The first two stanzas of the rhyme are the most well known, telling the tale of Simple Simon asking the Pieman at the fair for a sample of his wares. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19777. Simple Simon is a nursery rhyme which was first published in 1794, but the character itself may date back to the late 1600s. Simple Simon met a pieman going to the fair. It is a tune of 'Yankee Doodle' and the 'Barney Theme Song' for the opening of Barney & Friends. ![]() "Simple Simon" is an English language nursery rhyme. Simple Simon is a Mother Goose Nursery Rhyme that only appeared in Barneys Rhyme Time Rhythm. William Wallace Denslow's illustrations for Simple Simon, from a 1901 edition of Mother Goose
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