Sixpence Song

Will Shakespear's advice to his son, from Rapp's score for Sidney Michaels "The Elizabethans" performed in 1972 at Manhattan's New Dramatist Theater Sixpence Song © Sandy Rapp 1972 Son, I give thee sixpence, A penny for you thoughts. A penny if I’m in ‘em and a farthing if I’m not. Put it in your pocket; save it for a day. Take it to the market; spend it on the way. Chorus Never saw the use for money in the hand I brighten the world up when I can. I never lost the love o’ the river and the rain; Over the Avon, home again. Son, I give thee thrupence, a penny for the stage. And if it’s mine I’ll make it thine the day you come of age. Should you tell your mother I sold it out to thee. She’ll slit my throat and buy a boat and sink me in the sea. Repeat chorus Son, I give the tupence, a penny for the rain, The valley low, the tally-ho, the huntin’ o’ the game. Should there come a time, son, You break your heart in two, The country dew will make it new An’ gi’ it back to you. Repeat chorus