Nursery Rhyme. DVII. Natural History.

    There was an old woman had three cows,
            Rosy, and Colin, and Dun;
    Rosy and Colin were sold at the fair,
    And Dun broke his head in a fit of despair
    And there was an end of her three cows,
            Rosy, and Colin, and Dun.

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

            I had a little cow;
            Hey-diddle, ho-diddle!
    I had a little cow, and it had a little calf,
    Hey-diddle, ho-diddle; and there's my song half.

            I had a little cow;
            Hey-diddle, ho-diddle!
    I had a little cow, and I drove it to the stall;
    Hey-diddle, ho-diddle; and there's my song all!

    Goosy, goosy, gander,
    Who stands yonder?
    Little Betsy Baker;
    Take her up, and shake her.

    Pitty Patty Polt,
    Shoe the wild colt!
            Here a nail;
            And there a nail;
    Pitty Patty Polt.

    Hussy, hussy, where's your horse?
    Hussy, hussy, gone to grass!
    Hussy, hussy, fetch him home,
    Hussy, hussy, let him alone.