rhyme

[timepiececlock]

I went all morning trying to remember this. The third line was all I knew.


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;
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;
When down came a blackbird,
And pecked off her nose.



Hm... I bet that's an English nursery rhyme. It sounds more English than American.

Comments

[flickums.livejournal.com]

The more I think about it, the more I realise that nursery rhymes are actually quite disturbing.

[octopedingenue]

Possible origins of 'Sing a Song of Sixpence'

[ehann.livejournal.com]

Ha! I could have told you the words...I sang that song to my daughter for half an hour three times a day fro two years--it was the only way to get her to eat. Snerkle!!:)