Three acres seemed pleasant to Countryman Hodge;
With Countryman Hodge, too, the Cow went down;
The Acres and Cow were a capital dodge
For those who could never get in for the town.
The men may vote—the women may not—
But the Primrose League is the comfort they’ve got;
So the Knights and Dames go cadging!
Three Rads came out in the country to speak—
By the village-pumps where the Cow went down;
And they all kept talking on end for a week,