 | John Payne Collier - English poetry - 1820 - 366 pages
...doubt, the origin of that famous old ballad, the delight alike of babies and bibliographers; " 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, Was not that a dainty dish to set before the king?" Read it by all... | |
 | John Payne Collier - English poetry - 1820 - 368 pages
...doubt, the origin of that famous old ballad, the delight alike of babies' and bibliographers; " Sing a song of 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?"... | |
 | Ireland - 1828 - 410 pages
...day will come, when freedom's light Shall rise, and burst the gloom! II. OS c. (83) APPLE PIE. " And when the pie was opened, " The birds began to sing, " And wasn't that a dainty dinh "To lay before the King?" ' Dainty' as the dish may have seemed to the uncivilized... | |
 | Nursery rhymes - 1833 - 154 pages
...did Pussy say » Pussy-Cat said Mew, mew mew, — and Robin flew away. Sing a song of sixpence, a bag full of rye, Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a...sing ; And wasn't this 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... | |
 | Tasmania - 1834 - 502 pages
...year. To make a Pie, that the Birds may be alive therein, and fly out, when it is cut up. " I'll sing a song of sixpence, A pocket full of rye ; Four and...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 recipe... | |
 | Cam river - 1841 - 318 pages
...wildly-warbling throat That fills with farewell sweet thy darkening plain. ANON. FROM THE ORIGINAL 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?... | |
 | Percy Society - English literature - 1841 - 476 pages
...Fletcher's Bonduca, Aet. v. sc. 2.J 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 parlour Counting out his... | |
 | Percy Society - English literature - 1841 - 468 pages
...Fletcher's Bonduca, Act. v. sc. 2.] 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 parlour Counting out his... | |
 | James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - Ballads, English - 1841 - 434 pages
...Fletcher's Bonduca, Act. v. Sc. 2.] 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 parlour Counting out his... | |
 | North American review and miscellaneous journal - 1842 - 554 pages
...We give the poem in both forms, and then drop the veil of charity over her failings for ever. " SING a song of sixpence, A pocket full of rye ; Four and...: 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 parlouri Counting out his... | |
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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! 
