Mother Goose, 1912:
"To bed, to bed," said Sleepy Head
''Let's tarry awhile", said Slow
''Put on the pot", said greedy Scott,
"We'll sup before we go"
The full quote is :
"To bed, to bed", said sleepy head,
"Lets' tarry a while" said slow.
"Let's put on the pot" said greedy guts "and have supper before we go"
I remember this poem a little differently:
and my version is better because it's more cryptic, has better rhythm:
"To bed, to bed," said Sleepyhead.
"Oh, no," said Slow.
"Put on the pot," said Greedygut, "let's eat before we go."
"To bed! To bed!", said Sleephead.
"Tarry a while!", said Slow.
"Put on the pan", said greedy Nan,
"we'll sup before we go".
I remember a small green book of poems.
I think it may have been some early works of A.A. Milne.
However, I may be wrong.
From Jockney:
My father grew up in Scotland during the 20s and 30s and until his death would retire to bed with the following variation:
"To bed, to bed" said Sleepy Head
Wait up a bit said Joe
"Put on the pot" said greedy Jock
And we'll eat before we go"
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