“I Love Sixpence”
Description
"I love sixpence," spend a penny, lend a penny, and take fourpence home to the wife. The singer repeats the process with fourpence and twopence. With nothing left he says "I have nothing, I spend nothing, I love nothing better than my wife"
References
- Opie-Oxford2 480, "I love sixpence, jolly little sixpence" (1 text)
- Baring-Gould-MotherGoose #113, pp. 93-95, "(I love sixpence, a jolly, jolly sixpence)"
- Roud #1116
- BI, OO2480