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THE TWELVE OXEN, by                    
First Line: I have twelve oxen that be fair and brown
Last Line: "sawest thou not mine oxen, thou litill pretty boy"
Subject(s): Animals;oxen


I have twelve oxen that be fair and brown,
And they go a-grazing down by the town.
With hay, with howe, with hay!
Sawest thou not mine oxen, thou litill pretty boy.
I have twelve oxen and they be fair and white,
And they go a-grazing down by the dyke.
With hay, with howe, with hay!
Sawest thou not mine oxen, thou litill pretty boy.
I have twelve oxen and they be fair and blak,
And they go a-grazing down by the lak.
With hay, with howe, with hay!
Sawest thou not mine oxen, thou litill pretty boy.
I have twelve oxen and they be faire and rede,
And they go a-grazing down by the mede.
With hay, with howe, with hay!
Sawest thou not mine oxen, thou litill pretty boy.






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