Sixpence

By Rhiannonw

Wed, 25 Oct 2017
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Sing a song of sixpence –
how many can it buy –
Hot cross buns for everyone,
but is the price too high?
buy sugar, egg and butter
and flour to pat a cake ? –
but if it’s only tea for two,
there’ll be no need to bake
– just pop ourselves a spoonful
of sugar in to make
our teatime cuppas sweeter …

… No, what a waste, mistake,
I’ll keep my sixpence, so …

"I’ve got sixpence,
I’ve got tuppence to spend,
and tuppence to lend
and tuppence to send home to my wife".*

– Let’s go to Widdecombe fair,
pay the bus with pennies to spare –
swing high, swing low,
sweet chariot chair,
til home we penniless go …

… "I’ve got no pence to spend,
and no pence to lend
and no pence to send home to my wife."*

[* quoted from the scout song ‘I’ve got sixpence’]

[This week's IP: include at least 7 song titles]

 

Certificate U
Poem
Miscellaneous
Humour
Inspiration Point (work that responds to our weekly writing cue)

Comments

Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on

clever!

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thanks, bit of fun, but actually quite hard to knock into any sort of flow! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

Young children would love hearing this one read out loud. Mind you they might not know what a sixpence was, or tupence, but it would be interesting for them to learn about old money.

Like insert said, a clever I P.

Jenny.

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thank you, Jenny. As I said to Insert it was fun and a challenge trying to get the ideas to work. I suppose an updating would be a £1 with 5X 20p to spend, but even then inflation might make it unrealisitic – maybe a £5 note, with 5X £1 to spend well, save some, let it all rather quickly dribble away … ?! Rhiannon