The cock is crowing, <br />The cows are lowing, <br />The ducks are quarking, <br />The dogs are barking, <br />The ass is braying, <br />The horse is neighing; <br />Was there ever such a noise! <br />The birds are singing, <br />The bell is ringing, <br />The pigs are squeaking, <br />The barn door creaking, <br />The brook is babbling, <br />The geese are gabbling <br />Mercy on us, what a noise! <br />The sheep are ba-a-ing, <br />The boys ha-ha-ing, <br />The swallows twittering, <br />The girls are tittering, <br />Father is calling, <br />The cook is bawling; <br />I'm nigh crazy with the noise. <br />Nabby is churning, <br />The grindstone's turning, <br />John is sawing, <br />Charles hurrahing, <br />Old Dobson's preaching, <br />The peacock's screeching; <br />Who can live in such a noise!<br /><br />Eliza Lee Follen<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-farm-yard/
