O my little sixpence!
I love sixpence!
I love sixpence better than my life;
I spent a penny of it,
I lent another of it,
I carried fourpence home to my wife.
O my little fourpence!
I love fourpence!
I love fourpence better than my life;
I spent a penny of it,
I lent another of it,
I carried twopence home to my wife.

O my little twopence!
I love twopence!
I love twopence better than my life;
I spent a penny of it,
I lent another of it,
I carried nothing home to my wife.

O my little nothing!
I’ve got nothing!
I’ve got nothing for the rest of my life;
I can spend nothing,
I can lend nothing,
But I love nothing better than my wife.