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 used 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]

[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]

Randolph Caldecott’s