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Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link, 



Spink, spank, spink; 

 Brood, kind creature ; you need not fear 

 Thieves and robbers while I am here. 

 Chee, chee, chee. 



Modest and shy as a nun is she ; 



One weak chirp is her only note. 

 Braggart and prince of braggarts is he, 

 Pouring boasts from his little throat : 

 Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link, 

 Spink, spank, spink ; 

 Never was I afraid of man ; 

 Catch me, cowardly knaves, if you can! 

 Chee, chee, chee. 



Six white eggs on a bed of hay, 



Flecked with purple, a pretty sight I 

 There as the mother sits all day, 



Robert is singing with all his might : 

 Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link, 

 Spink, spank, spink; 

 Nice good wife, that never goes out, 

 Keeping house while I frolic about. 

 Chee, chee, chee. 



Soon as the little ones chip the shell, 

 Six wide mouths are open for food ; 



Robert of Lincoln bestirs him well, 

 Gathering seeds for the hungry brood, 



