Allie, call the birds in, <br />The birds from the sky. <br />Allie calls, Allie sings, <br />Down they all fly. <br />First there came <br />Two white doves <br />Then a sparrow from his nest, <br />Then a clucking bantam hen, <br />Then a robin red-breast. <br /> <br />Allie, call the beasts in, <br />The beasts, every one. <br />Allie calls, Allie sings, <br />In they all run. <br />First there came <br />Two black lambs, <br />Then a grunting Berkshire sow, <br />Then a dog without a tail, <br />Then a red and white cow. <br /> <br />Allie, call the fish up, <br />The fish from the stream. <br />Allie calls, Allie sings, <br />Up they all swim. <br />First there came <br />Two gold fish, <br />A minnow and a miller's thumb, <br />Then a pair of loving trout, <br />Then the twisted eels come. <br /> <br />Allie, call the children, <br />Children from the green. <br />Allie calls, Allie sings, <br />Soon they run in. <br />First there came <br />Tom and Madge, <br />Kate and I who'll not forget <br />How we played by the water's edge <br />Till the April sun set.<br /><br />Robert Graves<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/allie-3/
