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Up To Date Version of An Old Nursery Rhyme Lol

Sings a song of sixpence A pocket full of rye 4 and 20 blackbirds were baked in a pie The king was in the counting house counting out his money The queen was in the pantry eating bread and honey The maid was in the garden pegging out the clothes Along came a blackbird and pecked off her nose Is this how the modern version would be Sing a song for sixpence no chance of that A bread roll full of Turkey not a tart The king was looking for his wallet The queen had taken it to town The maid wanted paying for her services Threatened with a face job if she didn't calm down

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Date: 4/28/2015 10:57:00 PM
Wow, you live in one of the good areas. Very clever to rewrite this old nursery rhyme. Adding it to my list.
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Seren Roberts
Date: 5/1/2015 10:38:00 PM
Actually i really do...haha my poem didnt reflect that though....Seten
Date: 4/26/2015 12:40:00 PM
Seren,Why didn't You tell Me just to click underneath Your name to find Your Poetry.I'm so blonde,lol! Nice write...I hope to see more soon.Your friend-Char
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Seren Roberts
Date: 5/1/2015 10:39:00 PM
Lol Charlene, go on being blonde.....Seren
Date: 4/26/2015 9:36:00 AM
Loved the modern version. Well done.
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Seren Roberts
Date: 5/1/2015 10:39:00 PM
Nandita. Many thanks ....Seren
Date: 4/26/2015 9:05:00 AM
How times have changed Seren - and sadly not for the better:-) Hugs Jan xx
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Seren Roberts
Date: 5/1/2015 10:37:00 PM
Dont ask me why I thought of this poem, the blasted nursery rhyme kept going round and round my brain....Seren

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