Nature
There was a piper, he'd a cow
From The Nursery Rhymes of England, collected by J. O. Halliwell (London: Warne; first ed. 1842; this printing 1886)
There was a piper, he'd a cow,
And he'd no hay to give her
He took his pipes and played a tune,
Consider, old cow, consider!
The cow considered very well,
For she gave the piper a penny,
That he might play the tune again,
Of corn rigs are bonnie!
Codex Note
Halliwell's class: Natural History.
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