A Song of Sixpence

A Song of Sixpence is a 1964 novel by A. J. Cronin about the coming to manhood of Laurence Carroll and his life in Scotland. Its sequel is A Pocketful of Rye.

A Song of Sixpence
First US edition with design of a thistle, the Scottish national flower
AuthorA. J. Cronin
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
PublisherGollancz (UK)
Little, Brown (US)
Publication date
1964
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages344 pp. (US hardback edition)
ISBN0-450-03312-0

As with several of his other novels, Cronin drew on his own experiences growing up in Scotland for this book. The titles of both novels come from the children's nursery rhyme, "Sing a Song of Sixpence".


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