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. And wasn't that a tasty 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. Along there came a big black bird And snipped off her nose!
It may be a pirate recruiting song. Sing a song of sixpence, (Six pence was a good day's wages.) A pocket full of rye. (A "pocket" is a leather flask and "rye" is whiskey.) Four and twenty blackbirds, (A crew of 2 dozen) Baked in a pie. (Lying in wait.) When the pie was opened, (When it was too late) The birds began to sing; (The pirates sprang into action) Wasn't that a dainty dish, (The spoils of the ship) To set before the king? (Blackbeard the pirate) The king was in his counting house, (Blackbeard was paying his crew) Counting out his money; The queen was in the parlour, (Queen Anne's Revenge was docked) Eating bread and honey. (Preparing for a voyage.) The maid was in the garden, (A target is in the ocean around the Carolinas) Hanging out the clothes, (Putting up its sails) When down came a blackbird (Blackbeard's pirates came...) And pecked off her nose. (...and robbed her) Others say it may be related to the events of the kingdom of King Henry VIII.
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The queen baked a pie for the king in the nursery rhyme "Sing a Song of Sixpence." The maid in the nursery rhyme serves the pie to the 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.
24 black birds 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
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.
Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie From the nursery rhyme "Sing a song of sixpence"
four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie - from the nursery rhyme 'sing a song of sixpence'
Rye rhymes with pie.
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?
True. Sing a song of sixpence,a pocketful of rye.Four and twenty BlackBirds,Baked in a 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.
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.