A jolly old sow once lived in a sty,
And three little piggies had she,
And she waddled about saying "Umph! Umph! Umph!"
While the little ones said "Wee! wee!"

"My dear little brothers," said one of the brats,
"My dear little piggies," said he;
"Let us all for the future say, Umph! Umph! Umph!"
And they wouldn't say "Wee! wee! wee!"

So after a time these little pigs died,
They all died of pleurisy;
From trying to hard to say "Umph! Umph! Umph!"
For they only could say "Wee! wee!"

MORAL
A moral there is to this little song,
A moral that's easy to see;
Don't try when you're young to say "Umph! Umph! Umph!"
For you only can say "Wee! wee!"