Bruce:
Was this really by D'Urfey? Where was it published?
Norm Cohen
> Thomas D'Urfey's version was a bit different, and evidently
> sung by MacDonald Hen [the old], himself in 'The Kingdom of the Birds'.
>
> In the Fields in Frost and Snows,
> Watching late and early;
> There I keep my Father's Cows,
> There I Milk 'em Yearly:
> Booing here, Booing there,
> Here a Boo, there a Boo, everywhere a Boo,
> We defy all Care and Strife,
> In a Charming Country-Life.
>
> Then at home amongst the Fowls,
> Watching late and early;
> There I tend my Fathers Owls.
> There I feed them Yearly:
> Whooing here, Whooing there,
> Here a whoo, there a whoo, everywhere a whoo,
> We defy all Care and Strife,
> In a Charming Country-Life.
>
> And so through, Sheep - baa, Turkey - gobble, Hens - cackle,
> Ducks - quack, and Swine - grunt, in 9 total verses.
>
> Bruce Olson
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