O Dear Six-pence, I've Got Six-pence
Nursery Song
1. O dear Six-pence, I've got Six-pence,
I love Six-pence as I love my life;
I'll spend a penny on't, and I'll lend another on't,
And I'll carry four-pence home to my wife.
2. O dear Four-pence, I've got Four-pence,
I love Four-pence as I love my life;
I'll spend a penny on't, and I'll lend another on't,
And I'll carry two-pence home to my wife.
3. O dear Two-pence, I've got Two-pence,
I love Two-pence as I love my life;
I'll spend a penny on't, and I'll lend a penny on't,
And I'll carry nothing home to my wife.
4. O dear nothing, I've got nothing,
What will nothing buy for my wife?
I have nothing, I spend nothing,
I love nothing better than my wife.
Photos & Illustrations
Thanks and Acknowledgements
The illustration, score and tune are all from The Baby's Bouquet, A Fresh Bunch of Rhymes and Tunes by Walter Crane (1878).
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