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.
Was that not a tasty dish
to set before a king?
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 snapped off her nose!
What is the true meaning behind this song?
"four and twenty blackbirds, (4:20) baked in a pie" "pocket full of rye?"
A pie is a circle of birds, isnt it? Black birds? Like black sheep or something..?
Song's about marijuana.
The rest of the lyrics are constistant with drugs too, if you use your imagination.
things dont always work out in human life.....
NEXT WORLD BEATS THIS BY A COUNTRY MILE OR THREE THOUSAND OF THEM!!!!!!
There is a wiki page on it and a Straight Dope column. Here is the "Straight Dope": http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read...
The meaning behind the rhyme has been lost in time.
At least the facts behind the claims are.
I heard once (there are at least several more varieties) that this was what the pirate King Blackbeard used to recruit new crew members.
Shurgs. Who knows now?
It's a recruitment message for would be crew on a pirate ship...
http://www.snopes.com/lost/sixpence.asp
Lovely! Absolutely! yu know art is subjective, so what ever yu see is what it it is.
have a lovely day
It was a song Blackbeard used to advertise that he was looking for new deck hands.
Cool huh?
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