The Man of the South He Burnt His Mouth
The man of the South* he burnt his mouth
By eating cold plum porridge,
The man in the moon came down too soon
To ask the way to Norwich.
Notes
*The South refers to South Devon
You can find almost the same rhyme with the first two and last two lines reversed under the name " The Man in the Moon Came Down Too Soon".
Thanks and Acknowledgements
This rhyme can be found in A History of Nursery Rhymes (1899) by Percy B. Green.
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