Sing a song of sixpence
Language: English
Our translations: GER
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 king was in his counting house, Counting out his money; The queen was in the parlour, Eating bread and honey. The maid was in the garden, Hanging out the clothes; When down came a blackbird And snapped off her nose.
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Research team for this page: Bertram Kottmann , Garrett Medlock [Guest Editor]
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Albert Hay Malotte (1895 - 1964), "Sing a song of sixpence", published 1938 [ voice and piano ], New York: G. Schirmer [sung text checked 1 time]
- by John Milford Rutter, CBE (b. 1945), "Sing a song of sixpence", published 1974 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from Five Childhood Lyrics, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Singt das Lied vom Sixpence", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Bertram Kottmann , Garrett Medlock [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2015-01-26
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Word count: 83