Hot Cross Buns — Nursery Rhyme Lyrics

Hot cross buns!
Hot cross buns!
One a penny, two a penny,
Hot cross buns!
Hot cross buns!
Hot cross buns!
If you have no daughters,
Give them to your sons!
Variation:
Hot cross buns!
Hot cross buns!
One a penny, two a penny,
Hot cross buns!
If you have no daughters,
Give them to your sons!
One a penny, two a penny,
Hot cross buns!

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What are the words to Hot Cross Buns?
The lyrics to Hot Cross Buns are: Hot cross buns! / Hot cross buns! / One a penny, two a penny, / Hot cross buns! / Hot cross buns! / Hot cross buns! ... Read the full 17-line nursery rhyme at Rhyme Buster.
How many lines does Hot Cross Buns have?
"Hot Cross Buns" has 17 lines of verse.

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