I cannot find verb in this sentence

[sohala]

Hi

I am stumped but I cannot find the verb in the following sentence. Can anyone please help?

"One a penny, two a penny, hot cross bun"

Also, does anyone know the rule(s) to using the adverb "only" in sentences.

Anil

[Barb_D]

Hello Anil,
That's a line from a song. You can understand it to mean
One (is sold for) a penny, two (are sold for) a penny, (I'm singing about) hot cross buns.

Songs, like other forms of poetry, don't follow grammatical rules.

Use "only" as close to the thing you want to modify. If you write a few sentences using it, we can take a look at your placement.

[a writer, not a teacher]

[BobK]

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That's a line from a song. You can understand it to mean
One (is sold for) a penny, two (are sold for) a penny, (I'm singing about) hot cross buns.

Songs, like other forms of poetry, don't follow grammatical rules.

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But I don't think it's not grammatical because it's a song - it's just not a sentence. It's a sales pitch. The song goes on to say 'If you have no daughters give them to your sons' - which makes it clear that it's not an 'ungrammatical' sentence but a salesman's cry (a sort of vocal advertisement).

b