Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater 彼得，彼得，南瓜食者

Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater,
彼得，彼得，南瓜食者，
Had a wife and couldn't keep her;
曾經有個老婆卻留不住她；

He put her in a pumpkin shell
他把她放進南瓜殼裡

And there he kept her very well.
他就可以永遠保有她。





Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater,
彼得，彼得，南瓜食者，

Had another, and didn't love her;
有了別人，就不愛她；
Peter learned to read and spell,
彼得學會閱讀和拼寫，

And then he loved her very well.
然後，他非常愛她。




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pumpkin eater翻成南瓜食者其實是南瓜［使者］的諧音。