"Two Little Dickie Birds" is an English language nursery rhyme and fingerplay. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 16401.br br Lyricsbr Modern versions of the lyrics include:br br Two little dicky birds, Sitting on a wall.br br One called Peter, One called Paul.br br Fly away Peter, Fly away Paul,br br Come back Peter, Come back Paul.br br Originsbr The rhyme was first recorded when published in Mother Goose's Melody in London around 1765. In this version the names of the birds were Jack and Gill:br br There were two blackbirdsbr Sat upon a hill,br The one was nam'd Jack,br The other nam'd Gill;br Fly away Jack,br Fly away Gill,br Come again Jack,br Come again Gill.br br These names seem to have been replaced with the apostles Peter and Paul in the 19th century.