[Verse 1]
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?
[Verse 2]
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 pecked off her nose
[Verse 3]
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?
[Alternate Verse]
They sent for the king's doctor
Who sewed it on again
He sewed it on so neatly
The seam was never seen
[Alternate Verse]
There was such a commotion
That little Jenny wren
Flew down into the garden
And put it back again