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Blanche Fisher Wright

[Illustration]

Sing a Song of Sixpence

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 his counting-house,

Counting out his money;

The queen was in the parlor,

Eating bread and honey.



The maid was in the garden,

Hanging out the clothes;

When down came a blackbird

And snapped off her nose.