by William Allingham (1824 - 1889)

Nick Spence 
Language: English 
Nick Spence, Nick Spence,
Sold the cow for sixpence!
When his master scolded him,
Nicky didn't care.
Put him in the farmyard,
The stable-yard, the stack-yard,
Send him to the pig-stye
And Johnny to the fair.

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