Market Square

I had a penny,

A bright new penny,

I took my penny

To the market square.

I wanted a rabbit,

A little brown rabbit,

And I looked for a rabbit

'Most everywhere.

For I went to the stall where they sold sweet lavender

("Only a penny for a bunch of lavender!").

"Have you got a rabbit, 'cos I don't want lavender?"

But they hadn't got a rabbit, not anywhere there.

I had a penny,

And I had another penny,

I took my pennies

To the market square.

I did want a rabbit,

A little baby rabbit,

And I looked for rabbits

'Most everywhere.

And I went to the stall where they sold fresh mackerel

("Now then! Tuppence for a fresh-caught mackerel!")

"Have you got a rabbit, 'cos I don't like mackerel?"

But they hadn't got a rabbit, not anywhere there.

I found a sixpence,

A little white sixpence.

I took it in my hand

To the market square.

I was buying my rabbit

(I do like rabbits),

And I looked for my rabbit

'Most everywhere.

So I went to the stall where they sold fine saucepans

("Walk up, walk up, sixpence for a saucepan!").

"Could I have a rabbit, 'cos we've got two saucepans?"

But they hadn't got a rabbit, not anywhere there.

I had nuffin',

No, I hadn't got nuffin',

So I didn't go down

To the market square;

But I walked on the common,

The old-gold common . . .

And I saw little rabbits

'Most everywhere!