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**Pidgin English Sing a Song of Sixpence**
Many of the nursery rhymes so well-known in the English language have their counterparts in European countries.
On the faked-foreign side, we see a humorous rendering of one kind:
Pidgin English Sing a Song of Sixpence Singee a songee sick a pence, Pockee muchee lye; Dozen two time blackee bird Cookee in e pie. When him cutee topside Birdee bobbery sing; Himee tinkee nicey dish Setee foree King! Kingee in a talkee loom Countee muchee money; Queeney in e kitchee, Chew-chee breadee honey. Servant galo shakee, Hangee washee clothes; Cho-chop comee blackie bird, Nipee off her nose! --Anonymous (c1904) --from Mother Goose: From Nursery to Literture, (McFarland Pub., 1987) by Gloria T. Delamar