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Eaper Weaper, Chimbley-sweeper

Eaper Weaper, chimbley-sweeper, / Had a wife but couldn’t keep her…

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Eaper Weaper, chimbley-sweeper,
Had a wife but couldn’t keep her,
Had anovver, didn’t love her,
Up the chimbley he did shove her.

This is one of the rude and disgusting rhymes children have always loved. We keep every rhyme exactly as children sang it.

Where this rhyme comes from

Printed
1916
Where
London

We have copied these words exactly as they were printed in 1916, spelling and all. It is one of the London girls' chants Douglas lists alongside their skipping, clapping and ring games.

A London version of "Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater", spelt as the children said it.

Source: Norman Douglas, London Street Games (London: The St. Catherine Press, 1916) (public domain).

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