seven o’clock
When they joined hands they could not dance , and when they found they could not dance they all tumbled down in a heap and cried instead of laughing and Lady Patsy lay with her arms round Peter Piper 's neck . Now here is where I come in again -- Queen Crosspatch -- who is telling you this story . I always come in just at the nick of time when people like the Racketty-Packettys are in trouble . I walked in at seven o'clock . `` Get up off the floor , '' I said to them all and they got up and stared at me . They actually thought I did not know what had happened . `` A little girl Princess is coming this morning , '' said Peter Piper , and our house is going to be burned over our heads .