  O there were three jolly hunters; And a-hunting they did go, With a spaniel-dog, and a pointer-dog, And a setter-dog also. Looky there! And they hunted and they hal-looed; And the first thing they did find Was a dingling-dangling hornet’s-nest A-swinging in the wind. Looky there! And the first one said—“What is it?” Said the next, “We’ll punch and see”: And the next one said, a mile from there, “I wish we’d let it be!” Looky there! And they hunted and they hal-looed; And the next thing they did raise Was a bobbin’ bunny cottontail That vanished from their gaze. Looky there! One said it was a hot base-ball, Zipped through the brambly thatch, But the others said ’twas a note by post, Or a telegraph-dispatch. Looky there! So they hunted and they hal-looed; And the next thing they did sight Was a great big bulldog chasing them, And a farmer, hollerin’ “Skite!” Looky there! And the first one said, “Hi-jinktum!” And the next, “Hi-jinktum-jee!” And the last one said, “Them very words Had just occurred to me!” |
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