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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; Was not that a dainty dish To set before the king? "
The Poetical Decameron, Or, Ten Conversations on English Poets and Poetry ... - Page 71
by John Payne Collier - 1820 - 674 pages
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North Devon Magazine: Containing the Cave and Lundy Review, Volumes 1-2

1824 - 566 pages
...flew forth, to the no small surprise and amusement of the guest*. ' Four-and-twenty Blackbirds bak'd in a Pie; ' When the Pie was open'd the birds began to slug— « Oh ! what a dainty dish— tis fit for any King.' This wan a common joke at an old English...
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American Quarterly Review, Volume 2

Robert Walsh - American literature - 1827 - 674 pages
...with the following epic specimen .' — " Sing a song of sixpence, a pocketful of rye, Four-and-twenty blackbirds baked in a pie, When the pie was open'd the birds began to sing; Wasn't this a dainty dish to set before a King?"— 44d Gastronomy of the Romans. [December, TheLuscinia,...
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The Cook's Oracle : Containing Receipts for Plain Cookery on the Most ...

William Kitchiner - Cooking, English - 1827 - 524 pages
...flew forth, to the no small surprise and amusement of the guests. " Four-and-twenty Blackbirds bak'd in a Pie ; " When the Pie was open'd the birds began to sing — " Oh ! what a dainty dish— 'tis fit for any King." This was a common Joke at an old English Feast....
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The Only True Mother Goose Melodies: Without Addition Or Abridgement ...

Nursery rhymes - 1833 - 154 pages
...did Pussy say » Pussy-Cat said Mew, mew mew, — and Robin flew away. Sing a song of sixpence, a bag full of rye, Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie : When the pie was opened, the birds began to sing ; And wasn't this a dainty dish to set before the king ? The king was...
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The Hobart Town Magazine, Volume 3

Tasmania - 1834 - 502 pages
...the year. To make a Pie, that the Birds may be alive therein, and fly out, when it is cut up. " I'll sing a song of sixpence, A pocket full of rye ; Four...twenty blackbirds, Bak-ed in a pie : When the pie was opened, The birds began to sing ; And was not that a dainty dish, To place before a King ? NI'RSERY...
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Cook's Oracle: Containing Receipts for Plain Cookery, on the Most Economical ...

William Kitchiner - Cooking, English - 1836 - 432 pages
...of living birds Sew forth, to the no small surprise and amusement of the guests. " Kour-and-t wenty Blackbirds baked in a Pie ; When the Pie was open'd, the birds began to sing—- Oh ! what a dainty dull— 'tis fit for any King." Thn was a common Joke at an old English Feast. These...
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An Essay on the Archaeology of Our Popular Phrases, and Nursery Rhymes, Volume 1

John Bellenden Ker - Counting-out rhymes - 1837 - 324 pages
...the cat's-paw of the idle friar. /.'•/, as the metaphor for labourer, has been explained. 32. — Sing a song of six-pence A pocket full of rye, Four...and twenty blackbirds Baked in a pie. When the pie wot opened The birds began to sing ; And was'nt this a dainty dish To set before a hing ? The hing...
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An Essay on the Archæology of Our Popular Phrases and Nursery Rhymes, Volume 1

John Bellenden Ker - English language - 1837 - 316 pages
...the cat's-paw of the idle friar. Hey, as the metaphor for labourer, has been explained. 32.—Sing a song of six-pence A pocket full of rye, Four and...twenty blackbirds Baked in a pie. When the pie was opened The birds began to sing ; And was'nt this a dainty dish To set before a king ? The king was...
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Curiosities of Medical Experience

John Gideon Millingen - Abnormalities, Human - 1839 - 630 pages
...there may be some truth in the old song of Four-and-twenty black-birds bak'd in a pye, When the pye was open'd the birds began to sing, Was not that a dainty dish to lay before a king ? GIGANTIC RACES. WHILE we dismiss as fabulous all ancient and modern accounts of...
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Arundines Cami; sive, Musarum Cantabrigiensium lusus canori, collegit atque ...

Cam river - 1841 - 318 pages
...wildly-warbling throat That fills with farewell sweet thy darkening plain. ANON. FROM THE ORIGINAL OPPOSITE. SING a song of sixpence, A pocket full of rye; Four and twenty blackbirds Baked in a pie : j When the pie was opened The birds began to sing; Was not that a dainty dish To set before the King?...
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