Gossip In The Grain

Such the lazy Jackstraw Always late for tea Never bothers to ring lately Says the silly Sparrow 'There's gossip in the grain Have you heard the...Oh you don't say' 'Someday Someday A snow shall fill the trees You'd best make warm the eves' Grown callous is the old Crow He'd mock even the sun Eyes as black as blood Bone crack in the craw He'd say He'd say Always a 'Never mind' Always a 'Never mind' Truth be: The Beggar that holds his tongue Dines on none but air alone