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"Sing a Song of Sixpence" is a well-known English nursery rhyme, perhaps originating in the 18th century. It is also listed in the Roud Folk Song Index as number 13191. ==Lyrics== A common modern version is: :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 parlour, :Eating bread and honey. :The maid was in the garden, :Hanging out the clothes, :When down came a blackbird :And pecked off her nose.〔I. Opie and P. Opie, ''The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes'' (Oxford University Press, 1951, 2nd edn., 1997), pp. 394-5.〕 The final line of the fourth verse is sometimes slightly varied, with nose ''pecked'' or ''nipped'' off. One of the following additional verses is often added to moderate the ending: :They sent for the king's doctor, :who sewed it on again; :He sewed it on so neatly, :the seam was never seen.〔 or: :There was such a commotion, :that little Jenny wren :Flew down into the garden, :and put it back again.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sing a Song of Sixpence」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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