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When icicles hang by the wall,

And Dick the Shepherd blows his nail,

And Tom bears logs into the hall,

And milk comes frozen home in pail;

When blood is nipt, and ways be foul,

Then nightly sings the staring owl

Tuwhoo!

Tuwhit! tuwhoo! A merry note

While greasy Joan doth keel the pot.

When all around the wind doth blow,

And coughing drowns the parson's saw,

And birds sit brooding in the snow

And Marian's nose looks red and raw

When roasted crabs hiss in the bowl,

Then nightly sings the staring owl

Tuwhoo!

Tuwhit! tuwhoo! A merry note

While greasy Joan doth keel the pot.

W. Shakespeare