"I and thou and the miller's cow--" said she, to the prince, as she again took him to her bosom, while she laughed and sang:

"Cock a doodle doo!

The clock strikes two;

The clock strikes four.

While all sleep and snore.

"Be it palace or cot,

It matters not,

Though they cook sour beets,

Or eat almonds and sweets--

As long as they care