Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, CHICK-A-ROOSTER, by HENRY CROCKER


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CHICK-A-ROOSTER, by                    
First Line: Oho! Little rooster!
Last Line: Have learned how to crow.
Subject(s): Roosters; Cocks


Oho! Little Rooster!
What, trying to crow?
Is that what you mean
By that noise? Oho!
Why, that was a cross
'Twixt a croak and a groan.
If I had not been looking,
I should not have known
What it was that was making
That curious sound,
That seemed to be coming
Right out of the ground.
I wish you could see
How funny you look,
With your mouth so wide open,
Your neck in a crook,
And you straining so hard
To make that hoarse note,
That squeaked so, and stuck
Like the croup in your throat.
I cannot help laughing;
But try it again,—
If you don't ever crow,
Folks will think you're a hen.
'T is by trying, and trying,
And trying, you know,
That all the old roosters
Have learned how to crow.





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