LESSON 19 THE CLUCKING HEN

THE CLUCKING HEN

bar-ley hay cluck-ing hatched

dropped doz-en breast else

1. Will you take a walk with me

　　My little wife, to-day?

　There's barley in the barley field,

　　And hay-seed in the hay."

2. "Thank you," said the clucking hen,

　　"I've something else to do;

　I'm busy sitting on my eggs,

　　I cannot walk with you."

3. "Cluck! cluck! cluck! cluck!"

　　Said the clucking hen;

　"My little chicks will soon be hatched,

　　I'll think about it then."

4. The clucking hen sat on her nest,

　　She made it in the hay;

　And warm and snug beneath her breast

　　A dozen white eggs lay.

5. Crack, crack, went all the eggs,

　　Out dropped the chickens small.

　"Cluck!" said the clucking hen,

　　"Now I have you all!"

6. "Come along, my little chicks,

　　I'll take a walk with YOU."

　"Hallo!" said the barn-door cock,

　　"Cock-a-doodle-do!"

—Aunt Effie's Rhymes