 | Lina Eckenstein - Comparative literature - 1906 - 248 pages
...twenty blackbirds baked in a pye And when the pye was open'd, the birds began to sing ; Was not this a dainty dish to set before the king ? The king was in his parlour counting out his money, The queen was in the kitchen eating bread and honey, The maid was... | |
 | William Thomas Fernie - Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric - 1907 - 518 pages
...but few children, young, or old, who have conned the lines by heart almost from their cradle. " Sing a song of sixpence ; A pocket full of rye ; Four and...pie. When the pie was opened, The birds began to sing ; Wasn't it a dainty dish To set before the King ? The King was in his counting-house, Counting out... | |
 | Leon Josiah Richardson - Latin language - 1907 - 88 pages
...divisions, the effect in reading is a kind of " sing-song." Mother Goose abounds in examples : Sing a song of sixpence, A pocket full of rye ; Four and...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... | |
 | Porter Lander MacClintock - Literature - 1907 - 328 pages
...but of course it is the regular terminal rhyme that most children notice and enjoy and remember. Sing a song of sixpence, A pocket full of rye, Four and twenty blackbirds Baked in a pie. all the children will rejoice in rye — pie. But there will be some to whom sing — song — sixpence... | |
 | Marion Florence Lansing - English language - 1907 - 200 pages
...my dear; And, if it's well sung, 'Twill be charming to hear.' 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 the counting-house, Counting out... | |
 | Jo Laurence - 1996 - 53 pages
...beside her, Little Miss MuJJet Sat on a tuffet, ©Jo Laurence How to Sparkle at Nursery Rhymes 23 Sing a song of sixpence A pocket full of rye; Four and twenty blackbirds Baked in a pie. When the pie was open The birds began to sing; Wasn't that a dainty dish To put before a king. Trace and draw. '\ '... | |
 | Jamie S. Scott - Commonwealth countries - 1996 - 360 pages
...English nursery rhyme. The first verses of the rhyme run thus: Sing a song of 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? (Opie 1951: 394) As with so many nursery rhymes,... | |
 | Cynthia Catlin - Education - 1996 - 276 pages
...toddlers. 1. Say the following nursery rhyme with the toddlers. Clap or pat legs to the beat. Sing a song of sixpence, A pocket full of rye. Four and twenty blackbirds Baked in a pie. 2. Show the toddlers a picture of a pie or a real pie. Let them have a small taste of pie or taste... | |
 | Kathy Charner - Education - 1997 - 276 pages
...pot, nine days old. •*• ONE POTATO, Two POTATO, THREE POTATO, FOUR Sing a Song of Sixpence Sing a song of sixpence, a pocket full of rye; Four and...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... | |
 | Judith Moore - Biography & Autobiography - 1998 - 350 pages
...off my pie had attracted a sharp-toothed wolf. I would remember the nursery rhyme that began: Sing a song of sixpence, A pocket full of rye; Four and twenty blackbirds, Baked in a pie. I asked permission to use the back stoop for my mud-pie making from Black Mary, so called to distinguish... | |
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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? 
