A Book of Nursery Songs and Rhymes/Nursery Songs/XXVIII. I LOVE SIXPENCE
I love sixpence, jolly, jolly sixpence,
I love sixpence, dearly as my life.
I spent a penny of it, I lent a penny of it,
I brought fourpence of it home to my wife.
May the pipe and the bowl never leave us;
Kind friends who never deceive us;
And happy the girls who receive us,
When we come rolling home.
Rolling home! Rolling home! Rolling home,
And happy the girls who receive us
When we come rolling home.
I love fourpence, jolly, jolly fourpence,
I love fourpence, dearly as my life.
I spent a penny of it, I lent a penny of it,
And I brought twopence of it home to my wife.
May the pipe, etc.
I love twopence, jolly, jolly twopence,
I love twopence, dearly as my life.
I spent a penny of it, I lent a penny of it,
And I brought nothing of it home to my wife.
May the pipe, etc.
I love nothing, jolly, jolly nothing,
I love nothing, dearly as my life.
I spent nothing of it, I lent nothing of it,
And I love nothing but my bonny wife.
May the pipe, etc.