Nursery Rhyme. DXX. Natural History.

        [A north country version of a very common nursery rhyme, sung by a child, who imitates the crowing of a cock.]

    Cock-a-doodle-do,
    My dad's gane to ploo;
    Mammy's lost her pudding-poke,
    And knows not what to do.

    Catch him, crow! carry him, kite!
    Take him away till the apples are ripe;
    When they are ripe and ready to fall,
    Home comes [Johnny,] apples and all.

    The cock doth crow,
    To let you know,
    If you be wise,
    'Tis time to rise.

    The cock doth crow,
    To let you know,
    If you be wise,
    'Tis time to rise.

    All of a row,
    Bend the bow,
    Shot at a pigeon,
    And killed a crow.

    Snail, snail, shut out your horns;
        Father and mother are dead:
    Brother and sister are in the back yard,
        Begging for barley bread.