A Cat, A Dog and The Bantams Three

by Josie Whitehead (www.whiteheadm.co.uk)

In nineteen hundred and sixty three

The winter was as cold as a winter can be,

And icicles hung from every tree,

  And everyone tried to keep warm.

A cat, a dog and some bantams, three

Lived at a house with a kind family,

And the bantams roamed the garden free

  And everyone tried to keep warm.

The bantams looked cold and the kind lady said:

"You can sleep in my house in your own little beds.

In this cold winter weather we don't want you dead,

  So sleep in my kitchen so warm."

So, tucked in their box, away from the Fox

Slept the two little animals, hens and brown cock.

Nothing disturbed them, not even the clock,

  In the kitchen, so lovely and warm.

Then early next day they'd arise and away -

And it was so lovely, I really must say -

To see a dog and a cat and some small bantams play,

  Then come back to the kitchen so warm.

Copyright 1998