Sing a Song of Sixpence Lyrics

Sing a song of sixpence,
A pocket full of rye;
(Children in circle skip to the left while singing)
Four and twenty blackbirds
Baked in a pie!
(Children in circle skip to the right, then stretch arms up toward center to form the pie.)

When the pie was opened,
The birds began to sing;
(Children in circle bring arms back down
to waist level, then children in center of ring begin to 'chirp' and 'tweet')
Wasn't that a dainty dish
To set before the king?
(Children in circle skip to the left; children in center flutter about like birds.)

The king was in his counting house,
Counting all his money;
(Children in circle walk backward four steps then pretend to count money; children in center keep fluttering like birds)
The queen was in the parlor,
Eating bread with honey
(Children in circle walk forward four steps, kneel and pretend to eat; children in center keep fluttering like birds)

The maid was in the garden,
Hanging out the clothes;
(Children in circle pretend to pick up clothes, then turn outward and hang them up.)

When down came a blackbird
Who pecked off her nose!