What Is This Nursery Rhyme?

The earliest known version of this nursery rhyme was printed in mother goose's melody in 17 65. It is said that centuries ago, jack and jill daily went up the hill for water. One fateful day, jack was hit by a boulder from nearby badstone quarry. He tumbled down and suffered a wound that not even vinegar and brown paper could mend. Some sources penpoint this story as having happened some time in the fifteenth century.