And the doctors say, though live he may, he’s a
total human wreck.
He’s wrapped in batting and thinking now
Of the grief in insulting a brindle cow.
Matilda Ann gives down her milk and she
doesn’t switch her tail;
She gives ten quarts—week in, week out, and
she never kicks the pail.
She doesn’t hook and she doesn’t jump, but even
Matilda Ann