| 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 parlor,  Eating bread and honey. 
 
 The maid was in the garden,  Hanging out the clothes; When down came a blackbird  And snapped off her nose. |