A neat, circular little verse about Jack Jingle giving up bachelor life for marriage, ending exactly where it began. The repeated line about living single makes it satisfying to read aloud.
From Mother Goose / Nursery Rhymes (traditional). See the whole collection.
Little Jack Jingle, He used to live single;
But when he got tired of this kind of life,
He left off being single and lived with his wife.
Now what do you think of little Jack Jingle?
Before he was married he used to live single.
About this rhyme
Text: "when he got tired of this kind of life, he left off being single". Discontent, not contentment, drove the change.
A cheerful little rhyme about a man who got tired of living alone, so he married. It circles back on its own first line for the punchline, which children enjoy spotting.
Public domain. Text from The Real Mother Goose (Blanche Fisher Wright, 1916), via Project Gutenberg. View the source edition