Simple Simon met a pieman 單純的賽門遇到賣派人

Simple Simon met a pieman,
單純的賽門遇到賣派人，

Going to the fair;
要往市集去；

Says Simple Simon to the pieman,
單純的賽門對賣派人說，

Let me taste your ware.
讓我嚐嚐你賣的東西。



Says the pie man to Simple Simon,
賣派人對單純的賽門說，

Show me first your penny;
先拿出你的錢；

Says Simple Simon to the pieman,
單純的賽門對賣派人說，

Indeed, I have not any.
說實在的，我沒錢。



Simple Simon went a-fishing,
單純的賽門去釣魚，

For to catch a whale;
為了抓鯨魚；

All the water he had got
他拿了所有的水

Was in his mother's pail.
裝在媽媽桶子裡。



Simple Simon went to look
單純的賽門去看看
If plums grew on a thistle;
如果梅子長在薊上；
He pricked his finger very much,
刺傷他所有的手指，

Which made poor Simon whistle.
痛得可憐的賽門哀哀叫。