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!
But if you have none of these little elves,
Then you may eat them all yourselves.
Nursery rhyme origin
This cry was heard on Good Fridays when these sacred, spicy buns were sold and eaten. The custom of eating buns on special days and holy days was probably introduced by the Romans.