He gropes[2] the Hens, the Ducks, & Geese,

He Brews and Bakes as well as he Can,

But not as it should be done, poor man:

As he did make his Cheese one day,

Two Pigs their Bellies broke with whey;

Nothing that he in hand did take,

Did come to good; once he did Bake,

And burnt the Bread as black as a stock,

Another time he went to Rock

The Cradle, and threw the child o' th' floor,