2015年8月15日 星期六

Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie



"Sing a Song of Sixpence"
Roud #13191
Sing a sing of sixpence - illustration by Walter Crane - Project Gutenberg eText 18344.jpg
Walter Crane's illustration of the maid hanging out the clothes.
Song
WrittenEngland
Publishedc. 1744
FormNursery rhyme
WriterTraditional
LanguageEnglish
"Sing a Song of Sixpence" is a well-known English nursery rhyme, perhaps originating in the 18th century. It is also listed in the Roud Folk Song Index as number 13191.

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Cover illustration for by Randolph Caldecott's Sing a Song for Sixpence(1880)





















A common modern version is:
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 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,
When down came a blackbird
And pecked off her nose.[1]

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Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie. 'The Nursery Rhyme Picture Book', 1883.

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