SING A SONG                    OF SIXPENCE         



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 parlor, eating bread and honey.     


The maid was in the garden, hanging out the clothes; when down came a blackbird, and snapped at her nose.            
      



1. What kind of pie was being served? 
  a) peach   
  b) blackbird   
  c) hummingbird 

 

2. In this poem, the king was… 
  a) in the kitchen 
  b) in the parlor 
  c) in his counting house 

 

3. What was the queen eating? 
  a) blackbird pie 
 
b) bread and honey 
  c) chocolate cookies 


4. Whose nose did the blackbird snap at? 
  a) the maid 
  b) the king 
  c) the queen