| 1845 - 448 páginas
...of a superior order. We give a specimen in a cut which heads the remarkable ballad opening with '* Sing a song of sixpence, * A bag full of rye; Four and twenty blackbirds Baked in a pie." . J catastrophe by declaring the accident natu- The antiquity of the song seems establisnral, the want... | |
| 1828 - 410 páginas
...day will come, when freedom's light Shall rise, and burst the gloom! II. OS c. (83) APPLE PIE. " And when the pie was opened, " The birds began to sing, " And wasn't that a dainty dinh "To lay before the King?" ' Dainty' as the dish may have seemed to the uncivilized... | |
| 1834 - 502 páginas
...Birds may be alive therein, and fly out, when it is cut up. " I'll sing a song of sixpence, A pocket full of rye ; Four and twenty blackbirds, Bak-ed in...the pie was opened, The birds began to sing ; And was not that a dainty dish, To place before a King ? NI'RSERY RHYME, We recommend the following recipe... | |
| John Bellenden Ker - 1837 - 316 páginas
...friar. Hey, as the metaphor for labourer, has been explained. 32.—Sing a song of six-pence A pocket full of rye, Four and twenty blackbirds Baked in a...sing ; And was'nt this a dainty dish To set before a king ? The king was in the parlour Counting out his money; The queen was in the kitchen Eating bread... | |
| John Bellenden Ker - 1837 - 324 páginas
.../.'•/, as the metaphor for labourer, has been explained. 32. — Sing a song of six-pence A pocket full of rye, Four and twenty blackbirds Baked in a pie. When the pie wot opened The birds began to sing ; And was'nt this a dainty dish To set before a hing ? The hing... | |
| Cam river - 1841 - 318 páginas
...liileliter, edunt Mille modOLtacito qui latuereslnu, A SIXPENNY SONG. SING a song of sixpence, A pocket full of rye : Four and twenty blackbirds Baked in...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 the parlour Counting out his money;... | |
| James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - 1841 - 434 páginas
...Fletcher's Bonduca, Act. v. Sc. 2.] 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 the parlour Counting out his... | |
| Percy Society - 1841 - 476 páginas
...Fletcher's Bonduca, Aet. v. sc. 2.J 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 the parlour Counting out his... | |
| Percy Society - 1841 - 468 páginas
...Fletcher's Bonduca, Act. v. sc. 2.] 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 the parlour Counting out his... | |
| 1842 - 554 páginas
...forms, and then drop the veil of charity over her failings for ever. " SING a song of sixpence, A pocket full of rye ; Four and twenty blackbirds Baked in...: 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 the parlouri Counting out his... | |
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