Western Kansas World (No. 24, 1894):

"From the weird pen of Ewing Herbert, poet lariat [sic]:

Rep. roosters lay eggs in Kansas;
Roosters they lay eggs in Kansas.
Roosters they lay eggs as large as beer kegs;
They've whiskers on their legs in Kansas."

Ewing Herbert (1866-1947) was editor of the Brown County World (Hiawatha, Kans.).