 | Leon Josiah Richardson - Latin language - 1907 - 88 pages
...rhythmical divisions, the effect in reading is a kind of "bing-song." Mother Goose abounds in examples: Sing a song of sixpence, 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... | |
 | Marion Florence Lansing - English language - 1907 - 202 pages
...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 his money ; The Queen was in the parlor, Eating bread and honey ;... | |
 | American poetry - 1908 - 90 pages
...catch the diamonds gay, A million little sunbeams came And stole them all away. SING A SONG OF SIXPENCE Sing a song of sixpence, A pocket full of rye; Four...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... | |
 | Jo Laurence - 1996 - 53 pages
...down 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...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
...with 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
...the 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...dainty dish to set before the king? The king was in his counting house counting out his money; The queen was in the parlor eating bread and honey. The maid... | |
 | Martha Finley - Juvenile Fiction - 1997 - 334 pages
...beginning to help. " ' Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie,' " remarked Mr. Lilburn gravely. " ' When the pie was opened the birds began to sing, Wasn't that a dainty dish to set before a king ? ' " Ah ha ! um h'm ! ah ha ! history repeats itself. But, Cousin Elsie, I didna expect to... | |
 | Judith Moore - Biography & Autobiography - 1998 - 350 pages
...drifting 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... | |
 | Judy Lynch, Chambliss Maxie - Education - 1998 - 132 pages
...made poor Simon whistle. *93 omg a Song 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 the counting-house, Counting out... | |
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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? 
