The crooked sixpence |
In the past,a young man wishing to gain the affections of a young lady, would bend a coin, usually a worn sixpence, and give it to her as a love token. If she wasn't interested in him it was thrown away, hence the rhyme.... |
There was a crooked man who walked a crooked mile,he found a crooked sixpence beside a crooked stile..... |
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