A Book of Nursery Songs and Rhymes/The Magpie

by Sabine Baring-Gould

XLVII. THE MAGPIE

 

A pie sat on a pear tree,
A pie sat on a pear tree,
A pie sat on a pear tree,
Heigh-ho! heigh-ho! heigh-ho!

And once so merrily hopped she,
And twice so merrily hopped she,
And thrice so merrily hopped she,
Heigh-ho! heigh-ho! heigh-ho!