Sing a song of sixpence (Bertram Luard-Selby)

Music files

L E G E N D

Disclaimer

How to download

ICON	SOURCE
	Pdf
	Mp3
	File details
	Help

• (Posted 2023-11-10)  CPDL #77181:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-11-10).   Score information: Letter, 16 pages, 625 kB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes:

General Information

Title: Sing a song of sixpence
Composer: Bertram Luard-Selby
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong, Nursery-rhyme, Humorous Song

Language: English
Instruments: Piano

First published: 1886 J. Curwen & Sons
Description: 

Original text and translations

English text

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 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,
Down came a blackbird
And pecked off her nose!