An alternative version I learned from a friend over twenty years ago - I know not from whence it came!

What I do know is there are too many words on most lines, which makes it scan very oddly!!

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Early One Morning (Aristotle the Bull)

Early one morning,
Just as the sun was rising
I heard a maiden sing
In the valley below
Chorus:
Oh, don't deceive me!
Oh, never leave me!
How could you use a poor maiden so?
I went for to investigate
And Jumped right o'er the farmer's gate
A-running, for I could not wait
Twas then, I spotted Daisy
Chorus:

Then I heard a rumbling,
A snorting and a thundering
Closer now came not a cow
But Aristotle the bull!

Chorus:

Oh, dearie dearie me!
I look'd into his fiery eye
And then he trampled over me
Old Aristotle the bull!
Chorus:

I lay there trampled in the dung
A-feeling like I'd just been wrung
Through a mangle tight and strong
And I was all a-tangle
Chorus:

Again, I heard it soft and clear
A-falling on my battered ear
That bloody maiden singing
In the valley below
Chorus:
^^