Sing a Song of Sixpence

Sing a Song of Sixpence
an old English children’s song, which may refer to the life of Henry VIII. Some people think that the birds in the song represent the Roman Catholic choirs after the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Most people in Britain know the first verse:
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?

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