© 1979 by Carolyn T. Crew.
Peter Piper’s picking people’s pockets.
Times are changing in a lot of ways.
It’s very hard to earn a decent living
Picking pickled peppers nowadays.
Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief;
Taffy came to my house and stole a piece of beef.
The cops went to Taffy’s house and found the bone he’d left.
What with the price of beef today they charged him with grand theft.