I had a penny,
        A bright new penny,
        I took my penny
            To the market square.
        I wanted a rabbit,
        A little brown rabbit,
        And I looked for a rabbit
            'Most everywhere.

For I went to the stall where they sold sweet 
    lavender
("Only a penny for a bunch of lavender!").
"Have you got a rabbit, 'cos I don't want 
    lavender?"
        But they hadn't got a rabbit, not anywhere 
            there.

        I had a penny,
        And I had another penny,
        I took my pennies
            To the market square.
        I did want a rabbit,
        A little baby rabbit,
        And I looked for rabbits
            'Most everywhere.

And I went to the stall where they sold fresh    
    mackerel
("Now then! Tuppence for a fresh-caught mackerel!").
"Have you got a rabbit, 'cos I don't like 
    mackerel?"
        But they hadn't got a rabbit, not anywhere 
            there.

      I found a sixpence,
      A little white sixpence.
      I took it in my hand
            To the market square.
        I was buying my rabbit
        I do like rabbits),
        And I looked for my rabbit
            'Most everywhere.

So I went to the stall where they sold fine 
saucepans
("Walk up, walk up, sixpence for a saucepan!").
"Could I have a rabbit, 'cos we've got two 
    saucepans?"
         But they hadn't got a rabbit, not anywhere 
             there.

        I had nuffin',
        No, I hadn't got nuffin',
        So I didn't go down
            To the market square;
        But I walked on the common,
        The old-gold common...
        And I saw little rabbits
        'Most everywhere!

So I'm sorry for the people who sell fine saucepans,
I'm sorry for the people who sell fresh mackerel,
I'm sorry for the people who sell sweet lavender,
        'Cos they haven't got a rabbit, not anywhere 
           there!