Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater
Language: English
Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater had a wife and could not keep her. He put her in a pumpkin shell and there he kept her very well. Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater, kept her very well.
Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Petr Eben (1929 - 2007), "Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater" [voice and piano], from Nursery Songs, no. 1, confirmed with a CD booklet [ sung text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2018-03-10
Line count: 6
Word count: 34