NURSERY FARM
- The sheep are all in lamb
- and the shippen’s full of sheep:
- once the shippen’s loud with lambs
- I’ll be one up on Bo-peep.
- The heifers are in calf —
- they’ll be in labour soon:
- when the cowshed heaves with calves
- I’ll jump right over the moon.
- The sows are ready to farrow:
- once the barn’s honeycomb
- of pens overflows with piglets
- I’ll “we-hee” all the way home.
- The white brood mare is restless,
- so into the stable she goes:
- when she has dropped her foal
- I’ll dance with bells on my toes.
- The sheepdog’s ready to whelp:
- once her kennel’s overrun
- with tumbling, squealing puppies,
- I’ll laugh to see such fun.
- The cat is ready to kindle
- upon the kitchen mat:
- when she litters the kitchen with kittens,
- it’s a queen I’ll be looking at.
- The farm is breeding and teeming:
- we’re always on the go.
- Macdonald and I are weary:
- ee-i ee-i o.