Nursery Rhyme. CLVII. Songs.

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

    Oh, my little fourpence, pretty little fourpence,
        I love fourpence better than my life;
    I spent a penny of it, I spent another,
        And I took twopence home to my wife.

    Oh, my little twopence, my pretty little twopence,
        I love twopence better than my life;
    I spent a penny of it, I spent another,
        And I took nothing home to my wife.

    Oh, my little nothing, my pretty little nothing,
        What will nothing buy for my wife?
    I have nothing, I spend nothing,
        I love nothing better than my wife.

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