Peter Simon Suckegg
Peter Simon Suckegg
Nursery Rhyme
Peter Simon Suckegg,
Traded his wife for a duck egg
The duck egg was rotten
So he traded for cotton
The cotton was yellow,
So he traded for tallow,
The tallow was soft,
So he traded for a calf.
The calf was too little,
So he traded for a kettle.
The kettle was black,
So he traded for a jack.
The jack wouldn't bray,
So he traded for a sleigh.
The sleigh wouldn't scoot,
So he traded for a boot.
The boot was too big.
So he traded for a pig.
The pig wouldn't squeal,
So he traded for a wheel.
The wheel wouldn't turn,
So he traded for a churn,
The churn wouldn't flicker,
So he traded it for licker.
The licker was stale,
So they put him in jail.
Thanks and Acknowledgements
Thanks to Barbara Huet for sharing this rhyme!