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+*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 44577 ***
+
+THE
+
+TRIAL AND EXECUTION
+
+OF THE
+
+SPARROW
+
+FOR KILLING
+
+_COCK ROBIN_.
+
+
+    _LONDON:_
+
+    PRINTED FOR THE BOOKSELLERS.
+
+    _Price 1s. Plain, or 1s. 6d. Coloured._
+
+
+
+    They laid COCK ROBIN in his grave,
+    And after that they sung a stave,
+    And then they sent to fetch the sparrow
+    Who kill'd him with the bow and arrow.
+
+    [Illustration]
+
+    Says JUSTICE HAWK
+      I do assure ye,
+    We'll try the rogue,
+      By Judge and Jury.
+
+    The JUDGE AND JURY being met,
+    And plac'd in order down they set,
+    Or else they stood upon their feet,
+    Because I think they'd ne'er a seat.
+
+    [Illustration]
+
+    Says the Judge to the Jury,
+      I'd have you take care,
+    When a bird's life's at stake,
+      Its a serious affair.
+
+      The CUCKOO came in
+    And began for to hollow
+    As he dragg'd the poor Sparrow,
+      In fast by the collar;
+
+    [Illustration]
+
+    When I found him, my Lord,
+      He was robbing a barn;
+    He must live by thieving,
+      Since nothing he'll earn.
+
+    Says the SPARROW its false,
+      Both me and my wife,
+    Are as honest as ever
+      You was in your life.
+
+    [Illustration]
+
+    A few grains of wheat
+      Lay at the barn door,
+    We pick'd them all up,
+      And did nothing more.
+
+    Says MAG that has nothing
+      To do with the matter,
+    I saw when you shot,
+      And began for to chatter.
+
+    [Illustration]
+
+    I call'd DOCTOR PUSS
+      To examine the wound,
+    He knows what he saw,
+      And he'll tell, I'll be bound.
+
+    Says PUSS I'm a doctor,
+      So mind what I say,
+    I happen'd to pass on
+      The very same day.
+
+    [Illustration]
+
+    I saw the poor Robin,
+      The Sparrow had shot.
+    He was quite dead and Cold,
+      So was not very hot.
+
+    Says the DOG I ran out
+      From my kennel adjacent,
+    Or I believe Doctor Puss
+      Would have eaten his patient.
+
+    [Illustration]
+
+    However Cock Robin,
+      Was dead, I believe,
+    And that is the reason
+      That all of you grieve.
+
+    [Illustration]
+
+    Says the PIG I was hastily call'd from my stye,
+    But just too late to see poor Robin die;
+    I was ask'd by the Dog if I thought he was dead,
+    Ah! both dead and cold was the answer I made.
+
+    Says the ASS I was
+      Coroner in this affair,
+    We found Robin wounded,
+      But could not tell where.
+
+    [Illustration]
+
+    We put on our spectacles,
+      Those who had got 'em,
+    And found that his wound
+      Lay just in his bottom.
+
+    Says the DRAKE I was swimming
+        Along with my Duck,
+    The Sparrow sat on a tree
+        Just by the brook.
+
+    [Illustration]
+
+    He took up his arrow,
+        And likewise his bow,
+    And he shot, I believe,
+        But I'm sure I don't know.
+
+    Says the SWAN I was driving
+      Along with the stream,
+    Between sleep and awake,
+      In a sort of a dream.
+
+    [Illustration]
+
+    I saw the sharp arrow
+      Fly from the bow;
+    I'm sure that I saw it,
+      Or else I dreamt so.
+
+    Says the COCK I was standing,
+      And thinking no harm,
+    When I saw Robin fall,
+      I gave the alarm.
+
+    [Illustration]
+
+    I gave the alarm
+       With such a loud crow,
+    If he'd been but asleep,
+     I'd have wak'd him I know.
+
+    [Illustration]
+
+    The TURKEY was suddenly rous'd by a noise,
+    Which he knew to be Mr. Chanticlear's voice;
+    When the Bat he beheld in pursuit of the Sparrow,
+    But never saw either his bow or his arrow.
+
+    Says the BAT I was constable,
+       Sir, of the night,
+    Though my candle was out,
+       I've a pretty good sight.
+
+    [Illustration]
+
+    I pursu'd the murderer
+       To the barn door,
+    He was took by the Cuckoo,
+       I know nothing more.
+
+    [Illustration]
+
+    Says the APE I saw the Sparrow take flight
+    The Cock gave the alarm and my beast he took fright,
+    And good reason I have to remember it well,
+    For upon the hard ground on my bottom I fell!
+
+    Says JUDGE HAWKE you are
+      Such a murdering elf,
+    I think I shall kill you,
+      And eat you myself.
+
+    [Illustration]
+
+    So he eat up the Sparrow,
+      The rest got away,
+    They thought it not safe
+      Near such Justice to stay.
+
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+Transcriber's Notes:
+
+Odd spelling and word use was retained as printed. For example on the
+first page it is "Judge Hawk" while on the final page it is "Judge
+Hawke." Also, in the final stanza the usage of "eat" instead of our
+more modern "ate" was retained as printed. Finally, the usage of "its"
+where we would use "it's" was retained.
+
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+
+End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Trial and Execution of the Sparrow
+for killing Cock Robin, by Anonymous
+
+*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 44577 ***