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Sing a song of sixpence,
A pocket full of rye,
Four and twenty blackbirds
Baked in a pie.
When the pie was opened
The birds began to sing—
Wasn’t that a dainty dish
To set before the king?
The king was in the counting-house
Counting out his money,
The queen was in the parlor
Eating bread and honey,
The maid was in the garden
Hanging out the clothes.
Along came a blackbird
And snipped off her nose.
Sing a song of sixpence,
A pocket full of rye,
Four and twenty blackbirds
Baked in a pie.
When the pie was opened
The birds began to sing—
Wasn’t that a dainty dish
To set before the king?

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Origin of The Rhyme

Sing a Song of Sixpence” is a well-known English nursery rhyme, perhaps originating in the 18th century.

The rhyme’s origins are uncertain. References have been inferred in Shakespeare‘s Twelfth Night (c. 1602), (Act II, Scene iii), where Sir Toby Belch tells a clown: “Come on; there is sixpence for you: let’s have a song” and in Beaumont and Fletcher‘s Bonduca (1614), which contains the line “Whoa, here’s a stir now! Sing a song o’ sixpence!

Source: Wikipedia

 

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