Peter Piper - wikipedia Peter Piper For other uses, see Peter Piper ( disambiguation ). `` Peter Piper '' Illustration from Peter Piper 's Practical Principles of Plain and Perfect Pronunciation ( 1836 American ed. ) Nursery rhyme Published 1813 `` Peter Piper '' is an English - language nursery rhyme and well - known alliteration tongue - twister. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19745. Contents 1 Lyrics 2 Origins 3 References 4 External links Lyrics Common modern versions include : Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked. If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, Where 's the peck of pickled peppers that Peter Piper picked ? Origins The earliest version of this tongue twister was published in Peter Piper 's Practical Principles of Plain and Perfect Pronunciation by John Harris ( 1756 -- 1846 ) in London in 1813, which includes a one name tongue - twister for each letter of the alphabet in the same style. However, the rhyme was apparently known at least a generation earlier. Some authors have identified the subject of the rhyme as Pierre Poivre, an eighteenth ‐ century French horticulturalist and government administrator of Mauritius, who once investigated the Seychelles ' potential for spice cultivation. References Jump up ^ H. Carpenter and M. Prichard, The Oxford Companion to Children 's Literature ( Oxford University Press, 1984 ), p. 408. Jump up ^ Hassall, S. ; Hassall, P.J. ( 1988 ). `` Exploration, Discovery and Settlement ''. Seychelles. Places and People of the World. Chelsea House. p. 26. ISBN 0 - 7910 - 0104 - 0. Jump up ^ Lionnet, Guy ( 1972 ). `` Geography, Geology and Government ''. The Seychelles. The Islands Series. Stackpole Books ( U.S. ) / David & Charles ( UK ). p. 28. ISBN 0 - 8117 - 1514 - 0. External links Text of Peter Piper 's Practical Principles of Plain and Perfect Pronunciation at Project Gutenberg Peter Piper public domain audiobook at LibriVox Children 's literature portal Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Peter_Piper&oldid=804140991 '' Categories : Tongue - twisters Roud Folk Song Index songs English nursery rhymes Nursery rhymes of uncertain origin Hidden categories : Articles with LibriVox links Talk Contents About Wikipedia 日本 語 Edit links This page was last edited on 7 October 2017, at 01 : 02. About Wikipedia

Question: where did peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers come from
Answer: 1756