But the farmer got under the covers,
For sleepy as sleepy was he,
He turned in his bed and fiercely he said,
“Cow, I will sleep! Let me be, let me be!
Cow, I will sleep! Let me be!”
Then Horse he broke from the stable,
And Pig he broke from the pen,
And Cow jumped the fence though she hadn’t much sense,
And Cock called Chickens and Hen, and Hen,
He called to Chickens and Hen.
Then up to the farm house door
All followed the Pussy who knew.
Horse whinneyed, Cock crowed, Pig grunted, Cow lowed;
“Get up, Farmer! Whey, cock-a-doo, wee-wee-wee, mooo!
Whey, cock-a-doo, wee-wee-wee, moooo!”
The farmer down under the covers,
He heard and he groaned and he sighed.
He wearily rose and he put on his clothes;
“They need me, I’m coming, I’m coming,” he cried,
“They need me, I’m coming,” he cried.
“I’ll feed Horse, Chickens and Pig,
I’ll milk old Cow,” said he,
“And when this is done, my work’s just begun,
Today I must work, so I see, so I see!
Today I must work, so I see!”
So he fed Horse, Chickens and Pig
And afterwards milked old Cow.
For Farmer must work, he never can shirk!
Today he is working, right now, right now!
Today he is working right now!
WONDERFUL-COW-THAT-NEVER-WAS!