Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 August 1906 — Farm Ballads. [ARTICLE]

Farm Ballads.

Step softly, be quiet, Speak gently, I pray—- " Old Speck” is a-layin’ An egg in the hay! Little chickens chase the bugs— Ma hen is the teacher— Exercising yellow legs For the pious preacher. The crow Is at work in the great field of corn; The cross farmer sights him at break of the morn. He gets a big gun—‘‘Boomi” The crow's life is lost— But the corn in the Fall is all killed by the frost. Carrie Bell McTim's in trouble— She it is with Pat wquld double— While she taught a calf to guzzle With her fingers in his muzzle, » He Jest didn't do a thing— Swallowed y her engagement ring! Pat now wonders which to marry— Calfie with the ring, or Carrie? PA. "If the cow from the tank Drinks a bucket of water, What part of the tank Feels tiie drain most, my daughter’" DAUGHTER. "If the cow from the tank Drinks a bucket of water— The top part I’m sure Would sink most—er it oughter!”