Georgie Porgie

Originally the lyrics were: These appeared in The Kentish Coronal (1841), where the rhyme was described as an "old ballad" with the name spelled "Georgy Peorgy".

[3] James Halliwell-Phillipps did not record the words in his first collection of The Nursery Rhymes of England, but in the fifth edition of 1853 he included a variant: And a Cheshire dialect version was quoted in 1887 with the variant "picklety pie" in place of Halliwell's "pumpkin pie".

It is also used to harass a boy who is considered not sufficiently manly, either because he is thought to fancy a girl, or (with a switch of sexes in line two) who is accused of being homosexually inclined.

[10] And in 1885 they were set as a part song by the Canadian composer Joseph Gould under his musical pseudonym, Spencer Percival.

[11][12] In 1924, Billy Mayerl and Gerald "Gee" Paul adapted the first two lines into the chorus of a novelty foxtrot[13] which was featured in the revue The Punch Bowl by Norman O'Neill[14] and subsequently covered by various jazz bands.