The woodpecker there on the elm tree hole?

How does he know what kind of a limb

To use for a drum, and to burrow in?

How does he find where the young grubs grow—

I'd like to know?

The woodpecker flew to a maple limb,

And drummed a tattoo that was fun for him,

"No breakfast here! It's too hard for that."

He said, as down on his tail he sat,

"Just listen to this: rrrr rat-rat-tat."