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; Was not that a dainty dish To set before the king! The Hobart Town Magazine - Стр. 1591834Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
| John Payne Collier - 1820 - Страниц: 368
...no doubt, the origin of that famous old ballad, the delight alike of babies and bibliographers ; " Sing a song of sixpence, a pocket full of rye, Four...twenty blackbirds baked in a pie ; When the pie was open'd the birds began to sing, Was not that a dainty dish to set before the king?" Read it by all... | |
| John Payne Collier - 1820 - Страниц: 368
...no doubt, the origin of that famous old ballad, the delight alike of babies' and bibliographers; " Sing a song of sixpence, a pocket full of rye, Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie j When the pie was open'd the birds began to sing, Was not that a dainty dish to set before the king?"... | |
| 1823 - Страниц: 608
...said to have run much on singing-birds, which produced the following allusive quotation : — " And when the pie was opened, the birds began to sing, " And was not that a dainty dish to set before a king " and the Quarterly Review : the changes of measures which ruined him were not wholly... | |
| 1833 - Страниц: 154
...did Pussy say » Pussy-Cat said Mew, mew mew, — and Robin flew away. Sing a song of sixpence, a bag full of rye, Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a...the pie was opened, the birds began to sing ; And wasn't this a dainty dish to set before the king ? The king was in the parlour, counting out his money... | |
| Richard Gooch - 1835 - Страниц: 242
...silenced him with this happy allusion to the Laureat's name, in the following nursery rhymes:— "And when the pie was opened, The birds began to sing: And was not this a dainty dish To set before a king." THE CAMBRIDGE FAMILY OF SPINTEXTS Begun with John Alcock,... | |
| John Bellenden Ker - 1837 - Страниц: 316
...the cat's-paw of the idle friar. Hey, as the metaphor for labourer, has been explained. 32.—Sing a song of six-pence A pocket full of rye, Four and...When the pie was opened The birds began to sing ; And was'nt this a dainty dish To set before a king ? The king was in the parlour Counting out his money;... | |
| John Bellenden Ker - 1837 - Страниц: 324
...the cat's-paw of the idle friar. /.'•/, as the metaphor for labourer, has been explained. 32. — Sing a song of six-pence A pocket full of rye, Four...and twenty blackbirds Baked in a pie. When the pie wot opened The birds began to sing ; And was'nt this a dainty dish To set before a hing ? The hing... | |
| Cam river - 1841 - Страниц: 318
...wildly-warbling throat That fills with farewell sweet thy darkening plain. ANON. FROM THE ORIGINAL OPPOSITE. SING a song of sixpence, A pocket full of rye; Four and twenty blackbirds Baked in a pie : j When the pie was opened The birds began to sing; Was not that a dainty dish To set before the King?... | |
| Percy Society - 1841 - Страниц: 476
...Fletcher's Bonduca, Aet. v. sc. 2.J 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 ; Was not that a dainty dish To set before the king ? The king was in the parlour Counting out his... | |
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