238 AN AMERICAN FARMER IN ENGLAND. 



"Here's to thee, old apple-tree, 



Whence thou mayest bud, and whence thou mayest blow; 

 And whence thou mayest bear apples enow; 



Hats full, caps full! 



Bushel, bushel-sacks full! 



And my pockets full too! 

 If thee does not bear either apples or corn, 

 We'll down with thy top, and up with thy horn." 



(Here the natives shoot at the tree.) 



