Sing a Song for Sixpence
by: Randolph Caldecott
Rank:
2
A Pocketful of of Rye;
Four-and-Twenty Blackbirds
Baked
in in a Pie.
When the Pie was opened,
The Birds began to sing;
Was not that
a da 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 and popped it on again.