"Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater" is an English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 13497.

What is the meaning behind Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater?

And there he kept her very well. "Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater" has one of the more morbid origins. This rhyme was meant as a warning to women in America during the 1800s about disloyalty in marriage. Peter's wife was allegedly a prostitute, and Peter “couldn't keep her” from being disloyal to him.

What is the darkest nursery rhyme?

LONDON BRIDGE IS FALLING DOWN (1744)

Depending on whom you ask, “London Bridge is Falling Down” could be about a 1014 Viking attack, child sacrifice, or the normal deterioration of an old bridge. But the most popular theory seems to be that first one.