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My own fat hen

Did go one day

Out in the lot,

An egg to lay.

The day was hot;

A cow sat by,

And in her ear

Was a big fly.

"Buz, buz, buz, buz,"

The fly did go,

In the cow's ear,

And bit it so.

The cow did say,

"O moo! O moo!

Do go a-way,

O do! O do!

"Go to the pig,

You bad old fly,

Get out! get out!

O moo! O my!"

It did not go,

The bad old fly;

And now it lit

In the cow's eye.

Up she did hop!

And ran a-way;

And now my hen

Her egg did lay.

But oh! oh! oh!

A sly red fox,

Who was all hid

In an old box,

Did get my hen

And get her egg,

Tho' she did cry,

And she did beg.

But the red fox,

O me! O my!

He bit and bit,

So she did die.

He ate her up

In his old den:

He ate her up,

My own fat hen.

And I so sad

All day, did spy

To see the bad

Red fox go by.

I set a net,

And oh! I saw

The bad red fox

Put in his paw.

Now he did cry,

And he did beg,

But no! I had

Him by the leg.

To let him go

Was not to be,

And our old Dan

Did say to me:

"O the bad fox!

As I say 'one,'

I'll hit him – pop!

Out of my gun."

The fox did die,

And my new hen

Can lay an egg,

Or two, or ten.

For now no fox

Can eat my hen,

Or get her egg,

Or two, or ten.