CURLY-HEAD AND INQUISITIVE NED.

"What have you in your basket,
Curly-head?"
"Though 'tis not polite to ask it,
I've some bread."
"Where do you go with your basket?
Who's in need?"
"Though 'tis not polite to ask it,
Swans I feed."
"Will they eat what's in the basket,
All of it?"
"Though 'tis not polite to ask it,
Every bit."
"Where, when empty is your basket,
Go you then?"
"Though 'tis not polite to ask it,
Home again."