And Betsey said: “Let’s buy some hens—
“The papers say ‘it will pay’;
“I think you had better look around
“And buy the kind that lay.”
I bought a dozen plymouth hens
And put them in a pen;
When Betsy went and looked, she found
An egg for every hen.
“Whoopee! I know just what to do;
“I’ll buy a dozen more—