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 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 finger very much, Which made poor Simon whistel

He went to catch a dicky bird, And thought he could not fail, Because he had a little salt, To put them upon its tail.