As they reposed below,

Would shout and sing, while the woods would ring,

To whit, to whit, to woo.

III.

A boy came by that hollow tree,

With a fierce and wild halloo;

And this the birds, all startled heard,

And answered, to whit, to woo.

As the old bird shrieked, the young ones squeaked;

“Oh ho!” said the boy,