Says the PIG I was hastily call'd from my stye,
But just too late to see poor Robin die;
I was ask'd by the Dog if I thought he was dead,
Ah! both dead and cold was the answer I made.
Says the ASS I was
Coroner in this affair,
We found Robin wounded,
But could not tell where.
We put on our spectacles,
Those who had got 'em,
And found that his wound
Lay just in his bottom.
Says the DRAKE I was swimming
Along with my Duck,
The Sparrow sat on a tree
Just by the brook.
He took up his arrow,
And likewise his bow,
And he shot, I believe,
But I'm sure I don't know.
Says the SWAN I was driving
Along with the stream,
Between sleep and awake,
In a sort of a dream.
I saw the sharp arrow
Fly from the bow;
I'm sure that I saw it,
Or else I dreamt so.
Says the COCK I was standing,
And thinking no harm,
When I saw Robin fall,
I gave the alarm.
I gave the alarm
With such a loud crow,
If he'd been but asleep,
I'd have wak'd him I know.
