thumb|250px|Ilustração de Sing a Song for Sixpence (1880), por Randolph Caldecott. Sing a Song of Sixpence é uma familiar cantiga de roda inglesa, que remonta pelo menos ao século XVIII.
A sua origem é incerta, mas sabe-se que existia uma brincadeira medieval que consistia em colocar aves vivas sob a crosta de uma tarte imediatamente antes de a servir.
Letra Uma comum versão moderna é: 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.
A última linha do quarto verso pode variar ligeiramente, com pecked off her nose ou nipped off her nose.
Um dos seguintes versos adicionais é frequentemente adicionado para moderar o final:
They send for the king's doctor, who sewed it on again; He sewed it on so neatly, the seam was never seen.
ou:
There was such a commotion, that little Jenny wren; Flew down into the garden, and put it back again.
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