Shoo Fly, Oil Man!

A horse-fly lit on the old cow’s skin,

Hung his tools and spudded in.

Bowed his back and jiggered his pole

And all the time he was making a hole.

The cow browsed on, in her usual way,

Till the horse-fly’s bit struck regular “pay,”

Then she swung her tail with a vicious dig

And deftly skidded the horse-fly’s rig.

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