Oh, ho!" said the Fox, "it's but a short mile The Fox when he came to the Farmer's gate, And long to be picking your bones, e-oh!" The grey goose ran right round the hay-stack, "Oh, ho!" said the Fox, "you are very fat; You'll do very well to ride on my back From this into yonder town, e-oh!" The Farmer's wife she jump'd out of bed, The Farmer he loaded his pistol with lead, And shot the old rogue of a Fox through the head: “Ah, ha!” said the Farmer, "I think you're quite dead, And no more you'll trouble the town, e-oh!" Treasury of Pleasure Books for Young People. THE HISTORY OF MOTHER GOOSE AND HER SON JACK. ILLUSTRATED BY JOHN ABSOLON. |