The Song of Sixpence: Picture Book

By Walter Crane

This is a picture book about the famous English nursery rhyme, 'Sing a Song of Sixpence'. Though the rhyme is still well-known to this day, there's a major difference between the modern version and the one presented in this book, in that the story here ends, when the maid's nose was pecked off by the blackbird.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Good Press
• Release date: Dec 2, 2019
• ISBN: 4057664600158

Walter Crane

Walter Crane (1845–1915) was an English artist, book illustrator, and one of the most influential children’s book creators of his generation. Crane produced not only paintings and illustrations for children's books, but also ceramic tiles and other decorative arts. From 1859 to 1862, Crane was apprenticed to wood-engraver William James Linton and had the opportunity to study works by many contemporary artists, including Sir John Tenniel, the illustrator of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass.

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Walter Crane

The Song of Sixpence

Picture Book

Published by Good Press, 2022

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EAN 4057664600158

Table of Contents

PREFACE

SING A SONG OF SIXPENCE

Sing a song of sixpence, A pocket full of rye,

Four and twenty black-birds, Baked in a pie

When the pie was open'd The birds began to sing

Was'nt 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;

There came a little blackbird, And nipp'd off her nose.

PRINCESS BELLE-ETOILE.

PRINCESS BELLE-ETOILE.

AN ALPHABET OF OLD FRIENDS.

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Whether the Poet undertook to write and SING A SONG OF SIXPENCE for that popular price is not stated in his simple rhyme, but, at all events, we learn that he started with a pocket full, and proceeded to draw on his imagination for all it was worth. What that famous blackbird-pie really cost—except in black-birds—is not disclosed, though the King seemed to show some anxiety