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WILLIAM CORBY by JOHN COWPER POWYS

First Line: I DRIVE MY COWS TO CORBY
Last Line: WHEN WILLIAM CORBY'S DEAD!
Subject(s): ANIMALS; FARM LIFE; AGRICULTURE; FARMERS;
I drive my cows to Corby;
On sweet spring-grass they're fed;
But it's Madge who nestles wantonly
In William Corby's bed.

I drive my sheep to Corby,
And the gold-dust's on the willow;
But it's Nellie's winsome curls that lie
On William Corby's pillow.

I drive my geese to Corby
When the bind-weed's in the wheat;
But it's Bess who cuddles warm and sly
'Neath William Corby's sheet.

I drive my pigs to Corby;
And the hips and haws are red;
But none but me will mind o' he
When William Corby's dead!



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