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T:A Song in the Opera call'd, The Kingdom of the Birds. Sung by Miss Willis.
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L:1/8
B:Thomas D'Urfey, Wit and Mirth or Pills to Purge Melancholy (1719-1720; 1876; Folklore Libray, 1959, vol. II, pp. 214-16)
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W:
W:In the Fields in Frost and Snows,
W:Watching late and early;
W:There I keep my Father's Cows,
W:There I Milk 'em Yearly:
W:Booing here, Booing there,
W:Here a Boo, there a Boo, every where a Boo,
W:We defy all Care and Strife,
W:In a Charming Country-Life.
W:
W:Then at home amongst the Fowls,
W:Watching late and early;
W:There I tend my Fathers Owls,
W:There I feed 'em Yearly:
W:Whooing here, Whooing there,
W:Here a Whoo, there a whoo, every where a whoo,
W:We defy all Care and Strife,
W:In a Charming Country Life.
W:
W:When the Summer Fleeces heap,
W:Watching late and early;
W:Then I Shear my Father's Sheep,
W:Then I keep 'em Yearly:
W:Baeing here, Baeing there,
W:Here a Bae, there a Bae, every where a Bae,
W:We defy all Care, &c.
W:
W:In the Morning e'er 'twas light,
W:In the Morning early;
W:There I met with my Delight,
W:Once he Lov'd me dearly:
W:Wooeing here, Wooeing there,
W:Here a wooe, there a wooe, every where a wooe,
W:Oh! How free from Care, &c.
W:
W:E're the Light came from above,
W:In the Morning early;
W:There I met with my true Love,
W:There I met him early:
W:Wooeing here, Wooeing there,
W:Here he wooe, there he wooe, every where he wooe,
W:Oh! How free from Care, &c.
W:
W:In the Morn at six of the Clock,
W:In the Morning early;
W:There I fed our Turkey-Cock,
W:There I fed him yearly, cou, cou, goble, goble, goble!
W:Couing here, Couing there,
W:Here a cou, there a cou, every where a cou,
W:Oh! How free from Care and Strife,
W:Is a Pleasant Country-Life.
W:
W:In the Morning near the Fens,
W:In the Morning early;
W:There I feed my Father's Hens,
W:There I feed him Yearly,
W:Cackle here, Cackle there,
W:Here a cackle, there a cackle, every where a cackle,
W:Oh! How free from Care and Strife,
W:Is a Pleasant Country Life.
W:
W:In the Morning with good speed,
W:In the Morning early;
W:I my Father's Ducks so feed,
W:In the Morning early;
W:Quacking here, Quacking there,
W:Here a quack, there a quack, every where a quack,
W:Oh! How free from Care, &c.
W:
W:In the Morning fair and fine,
W:In the Morning early;
W:There I feed my Father's Swine,
W:There I feed them Yearly:
W:Grunting here, Grunting there,
W:Here a grunt, there a grunt, every where a grunt,
W:Oh! How free from Care and Strife,
W:Is a Pleasant Country Life.