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TITLE: The Farmer and His Ladye | Previous Challenge Entry
By Beth LaBuff
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One dreary dull wan winter day, a farmer took some thought
To how his bach’lor life lacked love, he’d never tied the knot.
Companions of the farmer were one churlish rooster bird,
Plus one milk cow, an old Brown Swiss, summed up his cattle herd.
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Each morn ‘fore dawn, the rooster crowed
To rouse the dozing sun.
Then farmer woke in his abode,
Each morn ‘fore dawn, the rooster crowed,
Proudly he woke, with doodle ode,
The cattle herd of one.
Each morn ‘fore dawn the, rooster crowed
To rouse the dozing sun.
The farmer boldly wrote an ad, then posted it that day.
His entreaty went overseas, one life he hoped to sway.
“Livestock farmer with a cow and rooster seeks a wife.
Enjoy fresh air, live close to God, envision rural life.”
REFRAIN
A ladye faire answered the ad,
Left life on English lea.
Her dress adorned and with lace clad,
A ladye fair answered the ad.
Her skin ‘twas faire, but she was glad
To traverse ‘cross the sea.
A ladye faire answered the ad,
Left life on English lea.
The farmer never owned a barn, only a cattle shed.
And every day scooped out the place where cow and rooster fed.
Outside the window of the shed, the fertilizer pile,
Where scoopings from the stall were tossed, to mellow for awhile.
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The umber mound outside the shed
Into a mountain grew,
And on the field in spring he’d spread
The umber mound outside the shed.
“We’ll grow fine crops next year,” he said.
And with each shovel added to
The umber mound outside the shed—
Into a mountain grew.
The rooster was an ornery bird and mean as mean could be.
If looks could kill, then trouble brewed for ladye from the lea.
He saw an opportunity, his motives were hostile
He chased the ladye from the lea, she fell on umber pile.
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Now covered with the umber mess,
The ladye from the lea.
The farmer rushed, saw her distress,
Now covered with the umber mess.
He hid his smile, while love confessed
To her, despite umber debris.
Now covered with the umber mess,
‘Twas ladye from the lea.
Her indignation, righteous, for the rooster grieved her sore.
She, in determination bold, took on the chicken chore.
The rooster thought he ruled the roost, though gravely wrong was he.
She chased him round the shed then had a feather-plucking spree.
REFRAIN
One feather for her farmer’s cap,
Two feathers in her lace,
Three feathers pilfered, in a snap,
One feather for her farmer’s cap.
Outsmarted rooster, in a trap,
She ruled the rooster on that chase.
One feather for her farmer’s cap,
Two feathers in her lace.
Then farmer, who farmed from his youth, and walked behind a plow,
Taught ladye faire, from English lea, to milk the Brown Swiss cow.
Both sun and breeze kissed ladye faire. She helped her farmer man.
The lace upon her dress, now stained, her skin, now umber tan.
REFRAIN
And now she is a ladye tanned,
Of lately, English lea.
She left the lea for foreign land,
And now she is a ladye tanned.
A farmer man pled for her hand.
And dauntless she, welcomed his plea.
And now she is a ladye, tanned,
Of lately, English lea.
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A celebration of the form.
Excellent, excellent indeed.
Stellar!!
Mona