The Half-Wit

Translation:

Simple Simon met a pie-man
Going to the fair.
Said Simple Simon to the pie-man,
"Let me taste your ware."

Said the pie-man to Simple Simon,
"Show me first your penny."
Said Simple Simon to the pie-man,
"Indeed, I have not any."

Simple Simon went a-fishing
For to catch a whale,
And all the water that he had
Was in his mother's pail!

Simple Simon went to see
If plums grew on a thistle.
He pricked his thumb very much
Which made poor Simon whistle.