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,