No one at home in the hen-house,
And no one at home in the barn,
Old Brindle has gone to the neighbor\u2019s
To borrow a skein of brown yarn,
To borrow yarn for the darning
Of socks for her wee spotted calf\u2014 <\/p>\n
The little rollicking rascal
Has never enough by half.
And Speckle is down by the willow
Washing her chicks in the lake,
While old Daddy Cockle is lying
Abed with a bad toothache. <\/p>\n