The American Songster, Song

When swallows lay their eggs in snow, And geese in wheat-ears build their nests; When roasted crabs a hunting go, And cats can laugh at gossip's jests; When law and conscience are akin, And pigs are learnt by note to squeak; Your worship then shall stroke your chin, And teach an owl to whistle Greek.

Till when let your wisdom be dumb; For say man of Gotham, What is this world? A tetotum, By the finger of folly twirl'd; With a hey go up, and about we come; While the sun a good post-horse is found, So merrily we'll run round.