Despite there being a broader thread called Lyr Req: Songs about Rabbits, I figure this "song" belongs here, especially since the rabbits are not being treated with great sympathy.

I'm not sure this is(was) really a song, although it is labeled as such. But it could work as a recitation, or maybe you could find a tune for it.

From The Gundagai [NSW] Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate, Wed 22 Jan 1902, Page 2:

[This poem was also reprinted in several other Australian newspapers.]


THE BALLAD OF THE BUNNY.
(AS SUNG BY FATHER.)

The fence is down on Dooley's side,
The line of chock an' logs;
The fence that once was Dooley's pride
Is tumblin' to the dogs.
An' soon it must be rabbit proof—
He calls it just a sin
To start an' build a nettin' fence
To keep the rabbits in.

They've gone an' eaten Dooley out
Right to the bound'ry line,
An' when there ain't a blade about
They're bound to tackle mine.
It doesn't trouble him a pin—
It's wonderful to see
The way he dodges poisonin',
An' leaves it all to me.

I'm at it in the dawnin' light
Upon the poison cart,
An' then again before the night—
A-breakin' of my heart;
In leisure and in labor time,
An' all to see 'em grow
As thick upon the crimson farm
As hatters down below.

And when the Board's Inspector comes,
I hope he'll understand
The ways I take to 'radicate
The pest on Dooley's land.
An' dam the bit does Dooley care—
It's wonderful to see
The way he shirks 'is equal share,
An' leaves the job to me.

Gilrooney.