Sing a song of six pence.
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?
One assumes that the king's baker put them in the pie.
Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie.
Sing a song of sixpence
AKA blackbirds in a pie
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,
Oh 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 pecked off her nose!
The nursery rhyme "Sing a Song of Sixpence" mentions twenty-four blackbirds being baked in a pie.
Blackbirds are a bird that are a type of thrush. How many of them there are in existence is not know. In the childrens song Sing A Song of Sixpence, there four and 20 blackbirds baked into a pie.
Four and twenty blackbirds
Sing a song of sixpence, A pocket full of rye, 4 and 20 blackbirds, Baked in a pie When the pie was opened The birds began to sing Wasn't that a dainty dish to set before a king?
It's a rather archaic way to say 45. Think of it as five plus forty. This construction is used in the English nursery rhyme, "Sing a Song of Sixpence": Sing a song of sixpence, A pocket full of rye. Four and twenty blackbirds Baked in a pie. That is, there were 24 blackbirds baked in the pie.
The nursery rhyme is called "Sing a Song of Sixpence." It features a king counting his money, a queen eating bread and honey, and blackbirds diving into a pie made by the pastry chef.
four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie - from the nursery rhyme 'sing a song of sixpence'
Four and Twenty Blackbirdssing a song of sixpence a pocket full of ryefour and twenty blackbirds baked in a piewhen the pie was opened the birds began to singoh wasn't that a horrible dish to set before the kingthe king was in his counting house counting out his moneythe queen was in a parlour eating bread and honeythe maid was in the garden pegging out some clothesand suddenly came a blackbird and pecked at her nose
True. Sing a song of sixpence,a pocketful of rye.Four and twenty BlackBirds,Baked in a Pie.
Blackbirds
Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie From the nursery rhyme "Sing a song of sixpence"
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 parlor, Eating bread and honey. The maid was in the garden,Hanging out the clothes,When down came a blackbirdAnd pecked off her nose.