Song Video
Lyrics
This little pig went to market. This little pig; he stayed home. This little pig had roast beef. This little pig; he had none. This little pig cried, "wee, wee, wee!' "I can't find my way back home". Don't it seem by the time you figure it out; you find that you figured it wrong.
Those little eyes, you know they're watchin'. Those little feet; their followin' too. So, be careful where you're standin'. 'cause guess who's standin' next to you? So, you better be O, so wise, 'cause look who is taggin' along. Don't it seem by the time you figure it out; you find that you figured it wrong.
Count those piggies in the mornin'. Cover those piggies late at night. Love 'em. Hug 'em, 'fore you know it. Soon those piggies will walk out of sight. Then you're gonna cry, "O, my, my!' I wish that they'd all come back home. Don't it seem by the time you figure it out; you find that you figured it wrong.
This little pig went to market. This little pig; he stayed home. This little pig had roast beef. This little pig; he had none. This little pig cried, "wee, wee, wee!' "I can't find my way back home". Don't it seem by the time you figure it out; you find that you figured it wrong.
While you've got 'em, better teach 'em. Tell 'em. Show 'em the right thing to do. "Cause soon they'll be packin' up and leavin', and what they take, they'll get from you. Then you're gonna say, "O, my, my!' "Now they are all on their own". Don't it seem by the time you figure it out; you find that you figured it wrong.
This little pig went to market. This little pig; he stayed home. This little pig had roast beef. This little pig; he had none. This little pig cried, "wee, wee, wee!' "I can't find my way back home". Don't it seem by the time you figure it out; you find that you figured it wrong.
Information About Piggies
"Piggies" is a nursery rhyme more famously known as "This Little Piggy Went To Market". or as Five Little Pigs. and was first published in 1728. The counting, while singing this rhyme, takes place on a child's toes; on each toe a different line is read, beginning with the big toe. The bottom of a foot is usually tickled when the line "Wee... all the way home" is said.
The rhyme has featured in Warner Bros. cartoons like "A Hare Grows In Manhattan" and "A Tale of Two Kitties".
The lyrics above are taken from a version of the song by Philip Wade.
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