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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; Wasn't that a dainty dish To set before the king? "
The Early Naval Ballads of England - Page 36
edited by - 1841 - 144 pages
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The Poetical Decameron, Or, Ten Conversations on English Poets and Poetry ...

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 as big...
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American Quarterly Review, Volume 2

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...
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The Only True Mother Goose Melodies: Without Addition Or Abridgement ...

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...
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The Hobart Town Magazine, Volume 3

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...
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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
...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...
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Curiosities of Medical Experience

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...
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The Mother Goose: Containing All the Melodies the Old Lady Ever Wrote

Dame Goslin (pseud.) - Children's rhymes - 1851 - 108 pages
...couldn't without I could, could I ? Could you without you could, could ye ? SING a song of sixpence, A bag full of rye ; Four-and-twenty blackbirds Baked in a pie ; When the pie was open'd, The birds began to sing; Was not that a dainty dish To set before the king ? The king was in...
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The Life of Richard Porson, M. A.: Professor of Greek in the University of ...

John Selby Watson - Classicists - 1861 - 468 pages
...splendid volume, he exclaimed, in the hearing of several friends, I sing a song of sixpence, A pocket-full of rye, Four-and-twenty blackbirds Baked in a pie : When the pie was open'd The birds began to sing : And was not this a dainty dish To set before a king ? The review is...
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The Children's journal

302 pages
...Follow me, Full of glee, Singing merrily. Siso 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 ; And was not that a dainty dish, To set before a king ? The king was iu his counting-house, Count...
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Memoir, Extracts of Speeches, Diary of Journey to America, &c

Richard Lane Freer - Archdeacons - 1866 - 316 pages
...perchance, we have stigmatized as absurd — "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, And was not this a dainty dish To set before a King ? " But if we think this strange, what shall we...
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