 | John Payne Collier - English poetry - 1820 - 368 pages
...sixpence, a pocket full of rye, Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie j When the pie was open'd the birds began to sing, Was not that a dainty dish to set before the king?" Read it by all means. the coffin of a great Re or pasty, in the bottome whereof make a hole... | |
 | Robert Walsh - American literature - 1827 - 674 pages
...that is not familiar 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... | |
 | Nursery rhymes - 1833 - 154 pages
...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 in the parlour, counting out... | |
 | Tasmania - 1834 - 502 pages
...fly out, when it is cut up. " I'll sing a song of sixpence, A pocket full of rye ; Four and 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 RHYME, We recommend the following... | |
 | John Bellenden Ker - English language - 1837 - 316 pages
...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 in the parlour Counting out his... | |
 | John Gideon Millingen - Abnormalities, Human - 1839 - 630 pages
...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... | |
 | James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - Ballads, English - 1841 - 434 pages
...Ester away ! Lxxvn. [This nursery rhyme is quoted in Beaumont and Fletcher's Bonduca, Act. v. Sc. 2.] SING a song of sixpence, A pocket full of rye ; Four-and-twenty...to sing ; Was not that a dainty dish To set before the king ? The king was in the parlour Counting out his money ; The queen was in her closet Eating... | |
 | Percy Society - English literature - 1841 - 468 pages
...Ester away ! LXXVII. [This nursery rhyme is quoted in Beaumont and Fletcher's Bonduca, Act. v. sc. 2.] SING a song of sixpence, A pocket full of rye ; Four-and-twenty...to sing ; Was not that a dainty dish To set before the king ? The king was in the parlour Counting out his money ; The queen was in her closet Eating... | |
 | Percy Society - English literature - 1841 - 476 pages
...Ester away ! LXXVII. [ This nursery rhyme is quoted in Beaumont and Fletcher's Bonduca, Aet. v. sc. 2.J SING a song of sixpence, A pocket full of rye ; Four-and-twenty...to sing ; Was not that a dainty dish To set before the king ? The king was in the parlour Counting out his money ; The queen was in her closet Eating... | |
 | Cam river - 1841 - 318 pages
...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? The King was in the parlour \ Counting out his money ; The Queen was in the kitchen Eating... | |
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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! 
