A Miscellany of Poems consisting of Original Poems, Translations, Pastorals in the Cumberland Dialect, Familiar Epistles, Fables, Songs, and Epigrams, by the late Reverend Josiah Relph ... With a Preface and a Glossary |
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The Goose and the Hen.
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The Goose and the Hen.
As in a barn a hen made free,
A goose was near and chanc'd to see:
So then, she cries—but I'll not fail
To let our Master hear the tale:
Within a day or two no doubt,
We'll see a bloody head thrown out.
A goose was near and chanc'd to see:
So then, she cries—but I'll not fail
To let our Master hear the tale:
Within a day or two no doubt,
We'll see a bloody head thrown out.
And why this warmth, the hen replys,
If I mistook not with my eyes,
Some-body's noddle t'other morn,
Was popping up in yonder corn.
If I mistook not with my eyes,
Some-body's noddle t'other morn,
Was popping up in yonder corn.
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