Also from "The Animal World" is the single quatrain
which Sir Walter Scott introduced in The Antiquary,
one of his Waverly novels. Except -- one variation --
this version dispenses with mention of "dredging."

THE FISH
quoted by Sir Walter Scott

The herring loves the merry moonlight,
The mackerel loves the wind;
But the oyster loves the deep blue sea
For she comes of a gentle kind.

Also assigned to Martyn Green on the "Tell It Again" LP.