As something seems to whisper, “Hark!”

Then, with an awful sudden jump,

My heart begins to thump and thump.

Oh, my, I think I’ll be so brave,

And all my courage try to save;

Then, as I feel my courage go,

Our yellow rooster starts to crow.

Then I’m ashamed, and feel so small

To think that I’m not brave at all;

To know that in the black, black night,