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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 horrible dish to set before the king
the king was in his counting house counting out his money
the queen was in a parlour eating bread and honey
the maid was in the garden pegging out some clothes
and suddenly came a blackbird and pecked at her nose
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How many blackbirds baked in a pie?
24 blackbirds were baked in the pie. In the actual rhyme it is written in the old style of four-and-twenty.
How many black birds were baked in a pie?
In the old song, 24 blackbirds were baked in the pie.
How many blackbirds were baked in a pie in the children's nursery rhyme?
24
What is the name of the nursery rhyme with a pastry chef and blackbirds?
Sing a Song of sixpence A pocket fullof rye Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie
What does 4 and 20 b b b in a p mean?
four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie - from the nursery rhyme 'sing a song of sixpence'
24 bb in a p?
Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie From the nursery rhyme "Sing a song of sixpence"
What does five and forty mean?
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.
How many birds are four and twenty blackbirds?
They are referring to the term "four score" Score is twenty, so four score (80) plus 20 is 100 so yeah 100 Blackbirds in a pie.
What does 'three score and ten' mean in the nursery rhyme?
"Three score and ten" in the nursery rhyme "The Four and Twenty Blackbirds" refers to the number 70. In the context of the rhyme, it signifies the age of the "old woman" who was baking the pie with the blackbirds in it.
Who baked a pie for the king in the nursery rhyme Sing a Song of Sixpence?
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.
What is the meaning of when you were one and twenty?
If someone is one and twenty, they are one and twenty years old, or one plus twenty years old, or 1 + 20 or 21 years old. Another similar wording is "four and twenty black birds" from Sing a Song of Sixpence, the well known English nursery rhyme. In those couple of lines of verse, four and twenty blackbirds is four plus twenty blackbirds or 4 + 20 or 24 blackbirds.
How many blackbirds were baked in sing a song of six pence pie?
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.
