I LOVE sixpence, jolly 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. Oh, my little fourpence, jolly little fourpence, I love fourpence better than my life; I spent a penny of it, I lent a penny of it, And I took nothing home to my wife. Oh, my little twopence, jolly 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. Oh, my little nothing, jolly little nothing, What will nothing buy for my wife? I have nothing, I spend nothing, I love nothing better than my wife. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE KINGS by LOUISE IMOGEN GUINEY EPITAPH (ON A COMMONPLACE PERSON WHO DIED IN BED) by AMY LEVY THE HOUSE OF LIFE: 90. 'RETRO ME, SATHANA!' by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI UPON THE IMAGE OF DEATH by ROBERT SOUTHWELL THE CLUE by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES BROADWAY by WILLIAM ROSE BENET |