 | William B. Cairns - American literature - 1918 - 526 pages
...artifice. It is simply the familiar idiomatic English long-line : Sing a song of sixpence, a bag full of rye, Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie; When the pie was opened the birds began to sing — And wasn't this a dainty dish to set before the king. Moreover, if the four-accent theory is sound,... | |
 | Arthur Beatty - 1918 - 414 pages
...artifice. It is simply the familiar idiomatic English long-line : Sing a song of sixpence, a bag full of rye, Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie; When the pie was opened the birds began to sing — And wasn't this a dainty dish. to set before the king. Moreover, if the four-accent theory is sound,... | |
 | Popular music - 1919 - 460 pages
...any wife? NURSERY RHYMES— Continued Sing a Song of Sixpence 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 — Now wasn't that a dainty dish To set before a king. Little Pussy I love little pussy, Her coat... | |
 | George R. Stewart - Ballads, English - 1922 - 128 pages
...effect of a monosyllabic foot rather than of a metrical pause: Sing a song of sixpence, pocket full of rye. Four and twenty blackbirds, baked in a pie....When the pie was opened, the birds began to sing; And wasn't that a dainty dish to set before the king? In this quotation only the third line gives the... | |
 | Charles Herbert Sylvester - Fiction - 1922 - 526 pages
...did you there?" 'I frightened a little mouse Under the chair." 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... | |
 | Claud Lovat Fraser - Children's poetry - 1922 - 72 pages
...love, play me T'other little tune. 20 Sing a song of sixpence, Pocket full of rye ; Four-and-twenty blackbirds Baked in a pie. When the pie was opened, The birds began to sing — Wasn't it a dainty dish To set before a King ? The King was in his counting-house, A-counting of... | |
 | George R. Stewart - Ballads, English - 1922 - 138 pages
...effect of a monosyllabic foot rather than of a metrical pause: Sing a song of sixpence, pocket full of rye. Four and twenty blackbirds, baked in a pie. When the pic wns opened, the birds began to sing: And wasn't that a dainty dish to set before the king? In this... | |
 | Psychology - 1923 - 490 pages
...should be read in about 12 as compared with 20 seconds, for it only contains eight thought groups : Sing a song of sixpence | a pocketful of rye, ] Four...When the pie was opened | the birds began to sing | Oh wasn't that a dainty dish | to spread before the king. The reading in Experiment III was spaced... | |
 | Franklin Pierce Adams - 1923 - 146 pages
...* * * * * SO THERE! Sing a song of proteins, A pocket full of rye; Four-and-twenty calories Boiled in a pie. When the pie was opened The birds began to bleat: "Isn't that a dreadful dish For any one to eat?" Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard To... | |
 | Anna M. Laise Phillips - Pictorial rugs - 1925 - 212 pages
...Architectural Library CHAPTER I HOOKED RUGS OF YESTERDAY AND TODAY "Sing a song of sixpence, Pocket full o" 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?" IVHYMES and bits of whimsical folk-lore jingles... | |
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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; Wasn't that a dainty dish To set before the king? 
