One for Sorrow (nursery rhyme)

"One for Sorrow"
Three magpies in a tree
Nursery rhyme
Publishedc. 1780

"One for Sorrow" is a traditional children's nursery rhyme about magpies. According to an old superstition, the number of magpies seen tells if one will have bad or good luck.

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