TU-WHIT TO-WHO

When Isicles hang by the wall,

And Dicke the shepheard blowes his naile,

And Tom beares Logges into the hall,

And Milke comes frozen home in paile:

When blood is nipt, and waies be fowle,

Then nightly sings the staring Owle,

Tu-whit to-who

A merrie note,

While greasie Jone doth keele[114] the pot.

When all aloud the winde doth blow,

And coifing drownes the Parson's saw;

And birds sit brooding in the snow,

And Marrian's nose lookes red and raw;

When roasted Crabs[115] hisse in the bowle,

Then nightly sings the staring Owle,

Tu-whit to-who

A merrie note,

While greasy Jone doth keele the pot.

William Shakespeare

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