The Twelve Oxen

I have twelve oxen that be fair and brown,

And they go a grazing down by the town;

With hey! with how! with hoy!

Sawest not you mine oxen, you little pretty boy?

I have twelve oxen, and they be fair and white,

And they go a grazing down by the dyke,

With hey! and how! and hoy!

Sawest not you mine oxen, you little pretty boy?

I have twelve oxen, and they be fair and black,

And they go a grazing down by the lake,

With hey! and how! and hoy!

Sawest not you mine oxen, you little pretty boy?

I have twelve oxen, and they be fair and red,

And they go a grazing down by the mead,

With hey! and how! and hoy!

Sawest not you mine oxen, you little pretty boy?

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