Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater
 (Sung text for setting by P. Eben)
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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.

Composition:

    Set to music by Petr Eben (1929 - 2007), "Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater" [ voice and piano ], from Nursery Songs, no. 1, confirmed with a CD booklet

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This text was added to the website: 2018-03-10
Line count: 6
Word count: 34