Translation:French Nursery Rhymes/The Song of the Grey Hen

by C. B.

THE SONG OF THE GREY HEN.

There once was a little grey hen
Who went to lay in the church,
 She laid a little egg^[1]
Which the child ate quite hot.

There once was a little white hen
Who went to lay in the barn,
 She laid a little egg
For the child who was sleeping.

There once was a little yellow hen
Who went to lay under the prison,^[2]
 She laid a little egg
Which the child ate quite hot.

1. Coco (Coquille, shell), egg.
2. Geôle (s.f.), gaol, prison, gailor's lodge.