THIS LITTLE PIGGY WENT TO MARKET
(Coslow / Lewis)
Annette Hanshaw - 1934
Ray Noble & His Orch. (vocal: Al Bowlly) - 1934
Leslie "Hutch" Hutchinson - 1934
Bing Crosby (Radio Transcript) - 1934
I remember many dear old love songs
Rhapsodies and symphonies galore
But a melody my mother sang to me still haunts me
How I always will adore
This little piggy went to market
This little piggy stayed home
This little piggy had roast beef
This little piggy had none
How I recall my dear old Mother
Putting me to bed
She tucked me in and said
To her cute little sleepy head
This little piggy was a bad little piggy
Who cried all the way home
Years have passed
But it's still my favourite poem
I dream and pray someday I'll say
To a cute little baby of my own
This little piggy went to market
And this little piggy stayed home
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As recorded by ANNETTE HANSHAW:
I have heard sophisticated love songs
Rhapsodies and symphonies galore
They never phased me or amazed me
Funny how I still adore
This little piggy went to market
This little piggy stayed home
This little piggy had roast beef
This little piggy had none
How I recall my dear old Mother
Putting me to bed
She tucked me in and said
You're a little sleepyhead
This little piggy was a bad little piggy
Who cried all the way home
Years have past
But it's still my favourite poem
I dream and pray someday I'll say
To a cute little piggy of my own
This little piggy went to market
This little piggy stayed home
That's the story of the three little pigs
And the big bad, very bad wolf
Here's a story that you surely know
And you heard it many years ago
(Mommy, tell me the story of the little pig who cried all the way home.
What was he crying for, Mommy? Didn't he want to eat his spinach?)
Oh, that little piggy was a bad little piggy
Who cried all the way home
Years have past
But it's still my favourite poem
I dream and pray someday I'll say
To a cute little piggy of my own
This little piggy went to market
This little piggy stayed home
(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - June 2009)
