Sing a Song of Sixpence
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"Sing a Song of Sixpence" is an English nursery rhyme, perhaps originating in the 18th century. It is listed in the Roud Folk Song Index as number 13191. The sixpence in the rhyme is a British coin th
Walter Crane's 1864 illustration of the maid hanging out the clothes
The Queen Was in the Parlour, Eating Bread and Honey, by Valentine Cameron Prinsep.
Cover illustration for Randolph Caldecott's Sing a Song for Sixpence (1880)
Sixpence (British coin)
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The British sixpence coin, sometimes known as a tanner, was a denomination of sterling coinage worth six old pence: 1⁄40 of a pound or half a shilling. In 1971 it became worth the equivalent of 2.5 ne
Sing a Song of Sixpence
…Song of Sixpence" is an English nursery rhyme, perhaps originating in the 18th century. It is listed in the Roud Folk Song Index as number 13191. The sixpence in the rhyme is a British coin that was first minted in 1551 and became obsolete in 1980 after the country's transition to the decimal currency system…
Sixpence of Queen Elizabeth I, struck in 1593 at the Tower Mint
1887 sixpence showing the simpler reverse of SIX PENCE in the middle with Queen Victoria depicted on the obverse