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[There was an old cock]

Text of Poem

There was an old cock
and he had a little hen
and every time she laid an egg
she went to him again
and again and again
she went to him again
and that poor old cock
he died of his little hen!
First Line
There was an old cock
Original Pub Location
Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst
Original Publication Date
2017
Original Citation
Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst. Final Thursday Press, 2017. 34.
Complete Poems
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Hearst Collections
Planting Red Geraniums 34
Word Count
43
Manuscript

Permission to reproduce work from the James Hearst Papers has been granted by the Special Collections Department of the University of Iowa Libraries.
Themes
sex
animals