When I was a farmer, a Farmer’s Boy, I used to keep my master’s DUCKS. With a QUACK-QUACK here, and a QUACK-QUACK there, And here a QUACK, and there a QUACK, And everywhere a QUACK; With a GRUNT-GRUNT here, and a GRUNT-GRUNT there, &c., &c., &c. With a CHUCK-CHUCK here, &c. With a BAA-BAA here, &c. With a GEE-WO here, &c. Says I, My pretty lass, will you come to the banks of the Aire oh? [Illustration] [Illustration] [Illustration] [Illustration] When I was a farmer, a Farmer’s Boy, I use to keep my master’s DOGS, With a BOW-BOW here, and a BOW-WOW there, And here a BOW, and there a WOW, And everywhere a WOW; With a QUACK-QUACK here, and a QUACK-QUACK there, &c., &c., &c. With a GRUNT-GRUNT here, &c. With a CHUCK-CHUCK here, &c. With a BAA-BAA here, &c. With a GEE-WO here, &c. Says I, My pretty lass, will you come to the banks of the Aire oh? [Illustration] [Illustration] [Illustration] [Illustration] When I was a farmer, a Farmer’s Boy, I used to keep my master’s CHILDREN. With a SHOUTING here, and a POUTING there, And here a SHOUT, and there a POUT, And everywhere a SHOUT; With a BOW-BOW here, and a BOW-WOW there. &c., &c., &c. With a QUACK-QUACK here, &c. With a GRUNT-GRUNT here, &c. With a CHUCK-CHUCK here, &c. With a BAA-BAA here, &c. With a GEE-WO here, &c. Says I, My pretty lass, will you come to the banks of the Aire oh? [Illustration] [Illustration] [Illustration] When I was a farmer, a Farmer’s Boy, I used to keep my master’s TURKEYS. With a GOBBLE-GOBBLE here, and a GOBBLE-GOBBLE there, And here a GOBBLE, and there a GOBBLE, And everywhere a GOBBLE; With a SHOUTING here, and a POUTING there, &c., &c., &c. With a BOW-WOW here, &c. With a QUACK-QUACK here, &c. With a GRUNT-GRUNT here, &c. With a CHUCK-CHUCK here, &c. With a BAA-BAA here, &c. With a GEE-WO here, &c. Says I, My pretty lass, will you come to the banks of the Aire oh? [Illustration] [Illustration] [Illustration: R. CALDECOTT’S SECOND COLLECTION OF PICTURES & SONGS GEORGE ROUTLEDGE & SONS] [Illustration: The HEY DIDDLE DIDDLE PICTURE BOOK BY R. CALDECOTT Where are you going my Pretty Maid? Hey diddle diddle A Frog he would a-wooing go Baby Bunting The Fox jumps over the Parson’s Gate ] [Illustration: The Milkmaid _R. Caldecott’s PICTURE BOOKS_ “_Where are you going, my Pretty Maid?_” GEORGE ROUTLEDGE & SONS] THE MILKMAID. [Illustration] The MILKMAID. An Old Song exhibited and explained in many designs by R. Caldecott. [Illustration]