 | Merry heart, Melville Gray - Nursery rhymes, English - 1871 - 244 pages
...busy Lady Wind ! THE SONG OF SIXPENCE. 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 was not that a dainty dish to set before the king ? The king was in the parlour, counting o'er... | |
 | Mortimer Collins - 1873 - 264 pages
...foret." " That 's the real original," said Tix, " of the dear old nursery rhyme about four-andtwenty blackbirds baked in a pie — ' When the pie was opened, the birds began to sing ; Wasn't that a pretty dish to set before the king ? ' " " What 's the proper reading of the last stanza ? " asked... | |
 | Nursery rhymes - 1874 - 588 pages
...original subject of the following song.] SlNG 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 ; Was not that a dainty dish To set before the King? The King was in his counting-house, Counting out... | |
 | Eliza Stephenson - 1875 - 212 pages
...r " - I -i AU NT MARY'S BRAN PIE BY THE AUTHOR OF "ST. OLAVES," "WHEN I WAS A LITTLE GIRL," ETC. " When the pie was opened, the birds began to sing. Wasn't that a dainty dish to set before a king 1 " ILLUSTRATED. HENRY S. KING & Co. 65 CORNHILL AND 12 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON. 1873 e 61.... | |
 | Georgiana Charlotte Clark - 1876 - 296 pages
...hung would sit to hear canary 50 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 this a dainty dish to set before the king?— The king was in his counting-house, counting... | |
 | Children's poetry - 1876 - 160 pages
...whop, whop, whop! A Song of Sixpence. 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 singWas not that a dainty dish to set before a king ? The king was in the counting-house, counting... | |
 | Children's poetry - 1878 - 252 pages
...and twenty, — my stomach is empty ; Pray, mamma, give me some dinner. Sing a song of sixpence,47 A pocket full of rye ; Four and twenty blackbirds...; 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 parlor, Counting out his... | |
 | Emily Huntington - Home economics - 1878 - 148 pages
...a king ? tm& — -r ===^P^EF=== f IP~^ Sing a song of sixpence, a bag full of rye, Four-and-twenty blackbirds baked in a pie ; When the pie was opened,...to sing ; Wasn't that a dainty dish to set before a king? Little girls are learning how to mould the bread ; How to roll the cookies, just as teacher... | |
 | Children's literature - 1879 - 448 pages
...going on; ladies' work-boxes that began to play as soon as they were opened ; musical albums like the four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie, when the pie was opened the birds began to sing. There was a musical saw-mill with waterwheels and a saw in motion, and a bright running stream of water... | |
 | Saint-Nicholas - 1879 - 844 pages
...going on ; ladies' work-boxes that began to play as soon as they were opened ; musical albums like the four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie, when the pie was opened the birds began to sing. There was a musical saw-milt with waterwheels and a saw in motion, and a bright running stream of water... | |
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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? 
