The first complete recorded version of the rhyme appeared in 1805 in Songs for the Nursery with no reference to a pig:
To market, to market to buy a penny bun,
Home again, home again, market is done.[3]
When the rhyme reappeared later in the nineteenth century, it took the now common form:
To market, to market, to buy a fat pig,
Home again, home again, jiggety-jig.
To market, to market, to buy a fat hog,
Home again, home again, jiggety-jog.
To market, to market, to buy a plum bun,
Home again, home again, market is done.[3]
There have been many variations such as this reworking:
To market, to market, to buy a fat pig!
Home with it! home with it! jiggety jig!
Stuff it till Christmas and make a fat hog,
Then at Smithfield Show win a prize, jiggety jog![
To market, to market to buy a penny bun,
Home again, home again, market is done.[3]
When the rhyme reappeared later in the nineteenth century, it took the now common form:
To market, to market, to buy a fat pig,
Home again, home again, jiggety-jig.
To market, to market, to buy a fat hog,
Home again, home again, jiggety-jog.
To market, to market, to buy a plum bun,
Home again, home again, market is done.[3]
There have been many variations such as this reworking:
To market, to market, to buy a fat pig!
Home with it! home with it! jiggety jig!
Stuff it till Christmas and make a fat hog,
Then at Smithfield Show win a prize, jiggety jog![
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