Nursery Rhyme. DLII. Natural History.

    The dove says coo, coo, what shall I do?
    I can scarce maintain two.
    Pooh, pooh, says the wren, I have got ten,
    And keep them all like gentlemen!

    Cuckoo, Cuckoo,
    What do you do?
    In April
    I open my bill;
    In May
    I sing night and day;
    In June
    I change my tune;
    In July
    Away I fly;
    In August
    Away I must.

    See, saw, Margery Daw,
    The old hen flew over the malt house,
    She counted her chickens one by one,
    Still she missed the little white one,
    And this is it, this is it, this is it.

    There was a little boy went into a barn,
        And lay down on some hay;
    An owl came out and flew about,
        And the little boy ran away.

    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.