O my little sixpence (Henry Walford Davies)

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• (Posted 2023-10-09)  CPDL #76179:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-10-09).   Score information: Letter, 12 pages, 540 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: O my little sixpence
Composer: Henry Walford Davies
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong, Nursery-rhyme, Humorous Song

Language: English
Instruments: Piano

First published: 1909 Chappell & Co.
Description: Eight Nursery Rhymes (set 2) Op. 23 No. 8.

Original text and translations

English text

O my little sixpence, my pretty little sixpence,
I love sixpence better than my life!
I spent a penny of it,
I lent a penny of it,
And I took fourpence home to my wife.

O my little fourpence, my pretty little fourpence,
I love fourpence better than my life!
I spent a penny of it,
I lent a penny of it.
And I took twopence home to my wife.

O my little twopence, my pretty little twopence,
I love twopence better than my life!
I spent a penny of it,
I lent a penny of it,
And I took nothing home to my wife.

O my little nothing, my pretty little nothing,
I love nothing—
I love nothing better than my wife!