簡單西蒙 (童謠)

《簡單西蒙》（"Simple Simon"）是一首流行的英語搖籃曲。

歌詞
這首歌的歌詞是I. Opie and P. Opie, The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes (Oxford University Press, 1951, 2nd edn., 1997), pp. 333-4.

Simple Simon 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 had got,
Was in his mother's pail.

Simple Simon went to look
If plums grew on a thistle;
He pricked his fingers very much,
Which made poor Simon whistle.

起源

現在這個版本的簡單西蒙出自1764年首版的一本暢銷故事書。 簡單西蒙這個角色曾出現在伊莉莎白時代的暢銷書及一首1685年的民謠《簡單西蒙的不幸與其妻馬潔麗的殘忍》（Simple Simon's Misfortunes and his Wife Margery's Cruelty）中。  另外也可能與18世紀的一名乞丐西蒙·埃迪有關。

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外部連結
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Category:搖籃曲