by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Money, penny come to me
Language: English
Money, penny come to me I sell old clothes. For one penny, for two pennies old clothes to sell. If I had as much money as I could tell I never would cry old clothes to sell.
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Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, well-known phrases of vendors on the streets of old London.  [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Luciano Berio (1925 - 2003), "Money, penny come to me", from Cries of London, no. 6. [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: John Versmoren
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 37