There was a young man from Quebec,
who wrapped both his legs round his neck,
But then he forgot
How to undo 1 the knot,
And now he is an absolute wreak 2!
Peter, peter, pumpkin 3 - eater,
had a wife and failed to keep her
put her into a pumpkin shell
There he kept her very well!
The fair breeze blew,
the white foam 4 flew;
the furrow 5 followed free,
we were the first to burst—
into the silent sea.
She stood at the bridge at the midnight,
her lips were all aquiver;
she gave a cough, her leg fell off,
and floated down the river!
