The Queen of Hearts, and Sing a Song for Sixpence

The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Queen of Hearts, and Sing a Song for Sixpence, by Randolph Caldecott This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: The Queen of Hearts, and Sing a Song for Sixpence Author: Randolph Caldecott Release Date: February 16, 2004 [EBook #10634] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK QUEEN OF HEARTS *** Produced by Suzanne Shell, Debra Storr and PG Distributed Proofreaders THE QUEEN OF HEARTS SING A SONG FOR SIXPENCE illustrated by Randolph Caldecott THE QUEEN OF HEARTS THE QUEEN OF HEARTS. The Queen of Hearts, She made some Tarts, All on a Summer's Day: The Knave of Hearts, He stole those Tarts, And took them right away. The King of Hearts, Called for those Tarts, And beat the Knave full sore: The Knave of Hearts, Brought back those Tarts, And vowed he'd steal no more. SING A SONG FOR SIXPENCE Sing a Song for Sixpence, A Pocketful of Rye; Four-and-Twenty Blackbirds Baked in a Pie. When the Pie was opened, The Birds began to sing; Was not 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 Parlour, Eating Bread and Honey.