Simple Simon

"Simple Simon" is a popular English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19777. Believed to have been initially created after the long grey haired, bearded, generally hobo looking Englishman Simon Nicola (citation needed). The rhyme is as follows; The verses used today are the first of a longer chapbook history first published in 1764. The character of Simple Simon may have been in circulation much longer, possibly appearing in an Elizabethan chapbook and in a ballad, Simple Simon's Misfortunes and his Wife Margery's Cruelty, from about 1685. When making references to members of his house staff during a fit of rage.