Sing a song of sixpence See base text
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; Caw! Caw! was not that a dainty dish, To set before the king? The king was in his counting house, one, two, three, four, (ha, ha, ha, ha!) 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 pecked off her nose.
Composition:
- Set to music by Albert Hay Malotte (1895 - 1964), "Sing a song of sixpence", published 1938 [ voice and piano ], New York: G. Schirmer
Text Authorship:
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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
Line count: 16
Word count: 80