The Cock did say:
“I use alway
To crow both first and last,
Like a postle I am,
For I preache to man,
And tell hym the nyght is past.”
THE APE AND THE COCKATOO
Said an ape in the Zoo
To a white cockatoo:
“Your beak is uncommonly strong!”
Said the white cockatoo
To the ape in the Zoo,
“And your tail is excessively long!”
Said the ape in the Zoo
To the white cockatoo:
“Remarks are exceedingly rude!
And you must look out,
And see what you’re about,
Or I’ll seize and run off with your food!”
Then the white cockatoo
Really furious grew,
And shouted as loud as he could:
“You black-faced Wanderoo![B]
With your white whiskers, too,
Do you think to insult me is good?”
’Tween the ape in the Zoo
And the white cockatoo
Then furious battle ensued,
And the cockatoo bit
The ape into a fit,
And the ape snatched the cockatoo’s food.
[B] An ape is a Wanderoo in Ceylon.