Lyrical Literacy

Song of Sixpence


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Song of Sixpence

 

Sing a song

Of sixpence
A pocket full
Of rye

Four and twenty

Blackbirds
Baked
Into a pie

But when it opened

Oh sight oh fright
They flew out with forks in beaks
And started a food fight

The king

In his counting house
Counting golden sighs
A blackbird swooped
Wig went waltzing
Coins fell
Ledgers flipped
The king chairless cried
All the birds yelled
Ha ha ha
Your money's in the sky

The queen in the parlor

Nibbling honeyed bread
When a blackbird snatched her toast
And squawked
This tastes dead
She swiped
She shooed
She chased it round and round
Till sixteen geese crash
Blew the door
To the ground

The maid in the garden

Hanging out her woes
When down came blackbird
And pecked off her nose
She shrieked
She gasped
She ran in fright
But stopped because
The bird had built a nest
Inside her apron's claws

Castle chaos

Feathers airbound
King's gold drowning
Queen chair down
Maid screaming
Give it back
Blackbirds laughing
Fun on track
They tied the butler
To the wall
And stole the royal buns
One and all

The cook stormed out

Twenty pans a rattle
Bird soup stew
Let's start a battle
But the birds just whispered
No no no
They stole the flour
Stirred the dough
And when the cook
Peeked in to see
The pot had sprouted
Into a tree

So if you see a blackbird

Don't bake a pie
Don't count your money
Don't swat a fly
Give them cake
And let them sing
Don't steal their bread
Or tomorrow
They'll build a birdhouse
On your head

Sing a song of silliness

Of birds and kings and mess
If you see a blackbird near
Run away or duck I guess

 

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Lyrical LiteracyBy bearw3