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Needles and Pins (nursery rhyme)

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"Needles and Pins" is an English language proverb and nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 20071.

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Lyrics

Common modern versions include:

Needles and pins, Needles and pins, When a Man marries, His Trouble begins.

Origins

The rhyme dealing with potential marital difficulties was first collected by James Orchard Halliwell and published in 1843 and since then has appeared largely unchanged in many collections of nursery rhymes.

References

Needles and Pins (nursery rhyme) Wikipedia