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No. 18 - Duet - Mary and Timothy - "Our Farm"
| Mary: | I'd like to tell you all about the farm we call our home, It's nice to have a home, you must confess. |
| Timothy: | The aspect's simply perfect and the soil's a lovely loam; It measures half an acre, more or less! |
| Mary: | Then we've got a little paddock quite conveniently near, Though of course that paddock isn't very wide. |
| Timothy: | When the donkey rubs his nose against the railing over here, Well, his tail is swishing round the other side! |
| Both: | It's a nice little farm and you won't do any harm If you come along and look at it one day. |
| Timothy: | And I'm open to a bet, If next summer isn't wet, We shall gather quite a basketful of hay. |
| Both: | Though the place isn't big, We've a piggy-wiggy-wig, And a garden with a lot of pretty flow'rs. |
| Timothy: | And we've got a giddy goose Who is always on the loose; |
| Both: | Oh! you'd love a little farm like ours! |
| Mary: | We bought a pig one summer when our funds were running high, A pig upon whose ways you could depend. |
| Timothy: | He used to look so handsome in his cosy little sty, He was really more a brother than a friend. |
| Mary: | There was something sympathetic in that animal, you know; Why he even used to answer to our call! |
| Timothy: | When the butcher came to take him, well, we couldn't let him go, So we never had our bacon after all! |
| Both: | It's a nice little farm and you won't do any harm If you come and try a sample of our cream; |
| Timothy: | And I'm sure you will admit That our crops are looking fit, While our cabbages you'll call a perfect dream! |
| Both: | Though the place isn't big, We've a piggy-wiggy-wig, And a garden with a lot of pretty flow'rs. |
| Timothy: | And we keep a hive of bees — If you doubt me look at these! |
| Both: | Oh! you'd love a little farm like ours! |
| Mary: | We started in a quiet way a little poultry run; Our birds are really strong upon the leg. |
| Timothy: | And on Tuesdays in the summer time we have a lot of fun In hunting round the farm to find the egg! |
| Mary: | Then we bought a champion rooster guaranteed to make a noise, Just to wake us in the morning now and then. |
| Timothy: | But he proved a disappointment for we thought he'd lost his voice, Till we found he was a Cochin China hen! |
| Both: | It's a nice little farm and you won't do any harm If you come and have a tumble in the hay. |
| Timothy: | We've a cow you would applaud And we always call her Maud, 'Cos she comes into the garden ev'ry day! |
| Both: | We've a spade and a hoe And some turnips in a row, Which are doing very nicely in the showers; |
| Timothy: | And we now intend to keep Just a half-a-brace of sheep; |
| Both: | Oh! you'd love a little farm like ours! |
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Page modified 6 December 2016