author unknown > The codfish lays ten thousand eggs, The homely hen lays one. The codfish never cackles To tell you what she's done. And so we scorn the codfish, While the humble hen we prize,...
Hickety, Pickety, My Black Hen
Hickety, pickety, my black hen, She lays eggs for gentlemen; Gentlemen come every day To see what my black hen doth lay. Sometimes nine and sometimes ten, Hickety, pickety, my black hen. > Baa,...
