Misc Children – Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater (Guitar)

SONG: Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater HISTORY: (Wikipedia) “The first surviving version of the rhyme was published in Infant Institutes, part the first: or a Nurserical Essay on the Poetry, Lyric and Allegorical, of the Earliest Ages, &c., in London around 1797.” LYRICS: Optional 2nd verse: Had another and didn't love her; Peter learned to read and spell, And then he loved her very well. CAPO: 4th fret (for key of Db found in video) [Verse 1]

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Peter, Peter pumpkin eater,

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Had a wife but couldn't keep her;

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He put her in a pumpkin shell

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And there he kept her very well.

[Verse 2]

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Peter, Peter pumpkin eater,

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Had another and didn't love her;

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Peter learned to read and spell,

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And then he loved her very well.