Peter Piper

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper,
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper,
Where's the peck of pickled pepper that Peter Piper picked?

This rhyme was first published in 1813

A peck is an old English weight measurement. The lyrics would suggest that Peter Piper was a rather lazy worker who boasted that he had picked more pepper than he actually had