It was early last December, As near as I remember, I was walking down the street in tipsy pride; No one was I disturbing As I lay down by the curbing, And a pig came up and lay down by my side. As I lay there in the gutter Thinking thoughts I shall not utter, A lady passing by was…
It was early, early in the spring, The birds did whistle and sweetly sing, Changing their notes from tree to tree, And the song they sang was Old Ireland free. It was early, early in the night, The yeoman cavalry gave me a fright; The yeoman cavalry was my downfall And taken was I by Lord Cornwall. ‘Twas in the…
I saw a peacock with a fiery tail I saw a blazing comet drop down hail I saw a cloud with ivy circled round I saw a sturdy oak creep on the ground I saw a pismire swallow up a whale I saw a raging sea brim full of ale I saw a Venice glass sixteen foot deep I saw…
