Come Hither: A Collection of Rhymes and Poems for the Young of All Ages

by Unknown

THE TWELVE OXEN

I have twelfė oxen that be faire and brown,

And they go a grasing down by the town.

With hey! with how! with hoy!

Saweste not you mine oxen, you litill prety boy?

I have twelfė oxen, and they be faire and white,

And they go a grasing down by the dyke.

With hey! with how! with hoy!

Saweste not you mine oxen, you litill prety boy?

I have twelfė oxen, and they be faire and blak,