Sing a Song for Sixpence (Caldecott)

by Randolph Caldecott

Printed in Great Britain

SING A SONG FOR SIXPENCE

Sing a Song for Sixpence,

A Pocketfull

of Rye;

Four-and-Twenty Blackbirds

Baked

in a Pie.

When the Pie was opened, The Birds began to sing;

Was not that

a dainty Dish

To set before the King?

The King was in

his Counting-house,

Counting out his Money.

The Queen was in

the Parlour,

Eating Bread and Honey.

The Maid was in

the Garden,

Hanging out the Clothes;

There came a little Blackbird,

And snapped off her Nose

But there came a Jenny Wren and popped it on again.

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