Nursery Rhyme. DLVI. Natural History.

            Shoe the colt,
            Shoe the colt,
    Shoe the wild mare,
            Here a nail,
            There a nail,
    Yet she goes bare.

    Snail, snail, put out your horns,
    I'll give you bread and barleycorns.

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

    "What do they call you?"
    "Patchy Dolly."
    "Where were you born?"
    "In the cow's horn."
    "Where were you bred?"
    "In the cow's head."
    "Where will you die?"
    "In the cow's eye."

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

    Bow, wow, wow,
        Whose dog art thou?
    Little Tom Tinker's dog,
        Bow, wow, wow.