Sing a song of sixpence (Charles Edward Horsley)

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• (Posted 2023-12-29)  CPDL #78532:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-12-29).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 544 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: Sing a song of sixpence
Composer: Charles Edward Horsley
Lyricist: Traditional
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong, Nursery-rhyme, Humorous Song

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: ca.1865 J. R. Clarke
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Original text and translations

English text

Sing a song of sixpence,
A pocket full of rye.
Four and twenty blackbirds
Baked in a pie.
And when the pie was opened
The birds began to sing;
Oh, 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,
By came a little bird
And snapped off her nose!