Hi! says the blackbird, sitting on a chair,
\nOnce I courted a lady fair;
\nShe proved fickle and turned her back,
\nAnd ever since then I’m dressed in black.<\/p>\n
Hi! says the blue-jay as she flew,
\nIf I was a young man I’d have two;
\nIf one proved fickle and chanced for to go,
\nI’d have a new string to my bow.<\/p>\n
Hi! says the little leather winged bat,
\nI will tell you the reason that,
\nThe reason that I fly in the night
\nIs because I lost my heart’s delight.<\/p>\n
Hi! says the little mourning dove,
\nI’ll tell you how to gain her love;
\nCourt her night and court her day,
\nNever give her time to say “0 nay.”<\/p>\n
Hi! said the woodpecker sitting on a fence,
\nOnce I courted a handsome wench;
\nShe proved fickle and from me fled,
\nAnd ever since then my head’s been red.<\/p>\n
Hi! says the owl with my eyes so big,
\nIf I had a hen I’d feed like a pig;
\nBut here I sit on a frozen stake,
\nWhich causes my poor heart to ache.<\/p>\n
Hi! says the swallow, sitting in a barn,
\nCourting, I think, is no harm.
\nI pick my wings and sit up straight
\nAnd hope every young man will choose him a mate.<\/p>\n
Hi! says the hawk unto the crow,
\nIf you ain’t black then I don’t know.
\nEver since old Adam was born,
\nYou’ve been accused of stealing corn.<\/p>\n
Hi! says the crow unto the hawk,
\nI understand your great, big talk;
\nYou’d like to pounce and catch a hen,
\nBut I hope the farmer will shoot you then.<\/p>\n
Hi! says the robin, with a little squirm,
\nI wish I had a great, big worm;
\nI would fly away into my nest;
\nI have a wife I think is the best.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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