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First Line: A happy old hen met a discontented duck
Last Line: "cluck! Cluck! Cluck!"
Subject(s): Hens


A happy old hen met a discontented duck.
Cluck! cluck! Quack! quack! quack!
Said he, "I always have the very worst of luck,
Quack! quack! quack!"
Said she, "Of happiness I never lack!
Cluck! cluck! cluck!"

"But what do you do when it rains all day?
Quack! quack! quack!"
"I find a cozy corner and there I stay!
Cluck! cluck! cluck!"

"And what do you do when the sun is hot?
Quack! quack! quack!"
"My chicks and I find a shady spot!
Cluck! cluck! cluck!"

"And what will you do when you're killed to be eaten?
Quack! quack! quack!"
"I'll make a potpie that can't be beaten!
Cluck! cluck! cluck!"





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