SING A SONG O' SIXPENCE.
Reading edition
DRAWN BY R. CALDECOTT.
Sing a Song o' Sixpence,
A Pocketful 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 Parlor, Eating Bread and Honey.
The Maid was in the Garden, Hanging out the Clothes;
There came a little Blackbird,
And nipped off her Nose. But there came a Jenny Wren And popped it on again.
