Origins: I've Got Sixpence, Jolly, Jolly Sixpence

Subject: RE: I've Got Sixpence
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Date: 13 Mar 99 - 01:44 PM

The Opies trace versions back to 1810 in 'The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes', #480 (2nd. ed. 1997)

Subject: RE: I've Got Sixpence
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Date: 12 Mar 99 - 06:34 PM

Never heard of Elton Box. Is it the old folk song that goes?:

I've got sixpence, jolly, jolly sixpence,
I've got sixpence to last me all my life.
I've got twopence to spend, and twopence to lend,
An twopence to send to my wife, poor wife.

There's an older folk song version, published in 1891, called "The Jolly Shilling"

Subject: I've Got Sixpence
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Date: 12 Mar 99 - 06:00 PM

Who holds rights to the lyrics of Elton Box's song, I've Got Sixpence? We are a publisher and wish to use a few lines in an upcoming book.