Simple Simon (nursery rhyme)
Nursery rhyme From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nursery rhyme From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Simple Simon" is an English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19777.
"Simple Simon" | |
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![]() William Wallace Denslow's illustrations for Simple Simon, from a 1901 edition of Mother Goose | |
Nursery rhyme | |
Published | 1764 |
Songwriter(s) | Traditional |
The rhyme is as follows;
The verses used today are the first of a longer chapbook history first published in 1764.[1] 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.[1] A possible inspiration is Simon Edy, a beggar of the St Giles area in the 18th century.[3]
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