Mother Goose's Quarto: or Melodies Complete (1825): "Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater":
Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater,
Had a wife and couldn't keep her;
He put her in a pumpkin shell,
And then he kept her very well.
Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater
Had another and didn't love her;
Peter learnt to read and spell,
And then he loved her very well.
Note: Not identified by name, but simply as the wife of the central character.
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