 | Henry Ward Beecher - 1862 - 414 Seiten
...no poet. The following stanza may seem to disprove the assertion : — "Peter, Peter, pumpkin-eater, Had a wife, and couldn't keep her ; He put her in a pumpkin-shell, And there he kept her very well." This beautiful scrap stands in our literature without... | |
 | 1869 - 254 Seiten
...loved a better ; And Pemmy wanted for to wed, But Fanny would not let her. Peter, Peter, pumpkin-eater, Had a wife, and couldn't keep her ; He put her in a pumpkin-shell, And there he kept her very well. Peter, Peter, pumpkin-eater, Had another and didn't... | |
 | Maximilian Schele de Vere - 1872 - 702 Seiten
...Pennsylvania, and in the South even, they have a nurseryrhyme, saying : " Peter, Peter, Pwnfen-eater, Had a wife and couldn't keep her ; He put her in a punkin-shel], And then he kept her very well." (8. S. Haldeman.) Punk, a species of fungus or rotten... | |
 | Maximilian Schele de Vere - 1872 - 714 Seiten
...Pennsylvania, and in the South even, they have a nurseryrhyme, saying : . " Peter, Peter, Punkin-cater, Had a wife and couldn't keep her ; He put her in a punkin-shell, And then he kept her very well." (S. 8. Haldeman.) Punk, a species of fungus or rotten... | |
 | Maximilian Schele de Vere - 1872 - 700 Seiten
...Pennsylvania, and in the South even, they have a nurseryrhyme, saying: " Peter, Peter, Ptm&m-eater, ' Had a wife and couldn't keep her ; He put her in a punkin-shell, And then he kept her very well." (S. S, Haldeman.) ky a species of fungus or rotten wood,... | |
 | 1878 - 252 Seiten
...loved a better ; And Pemmy wanted for to wed, But Fanny would not let her. Peter, Peter, pumpkin-eater, Had a wife, and couldn't keep her ; He put her in a pumpkin-shell, And there he kept her very well. Peter, Peter, pumpkin-eater, Had another and didn't... | |
 | Noble Kibby Royse - 1882 - 242 Seiten
...best-boned, and blooded by one and the same dramatic motive. VII. • " Peter, Peter, pumpkin-eater, Had a wife, and couldn't keep her; He put her in a pumpkin-shell, And then he kept her very well. Peter, Peter, pumpkin-eater, Had another and didn't... | |
 | 1918 - 620 Seiten
...rockingham, Go away and come again! (Mr. H. Hawkins, Toronto, 1909.) 657. Peter, Peter, pumpkin-eater, Had a wife and couldn't keep her. He put her in a pumpkin-shell, And there he kept her very well. 658. This little pig went to market. This little pig... | |
 | 1894 - 362 Seiten
...A full-grown one makes the nursery rhyme seem quite matter-of-fact : " Peter, Peter, pumpkineater, Had a wife and couldn't keep her. He put her in a pumpkin shell And there he kept her very well." Mrs. Peter could have come somewhere near to housekeeping in the shell... | |
 | Edmond Redmond - 1896 - 178 Seiten
...straight and bought a tandem, and Of course that settled me! Cleceland Plain Dealer. 9 PETER'S WIFE. Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater, Had a wife and couldn't keep her. He hid her bloomers, bike and bell, And then he kept her very well. Chicago Record. 149 Mary had a little... | |
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PETER, Peter, pumpkin eater, Had a wife and couldn't keep her; He put her in a pumpkin shell And there he kept her very well. 
