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The

STORY

of the

TWO BULLS


WITH ORIGINAL ENGRAVINGS



NEW YORK:
Daniel Burgess & Co.

1856




THE STORY OF THE TWO BULLS.


In former times, my story tells,
  There lived one Deacon R.,
And not the worst man in the world,
  Nor best was he, by far.

His fields were rich, his acres broad,
  And cattle were his pride;
Oxen and sheep, and horses, too,
  And what you please, beside.

His brindle cow, the highest prize
  Won at the county fair,
For taper limbs and rounded form,
  And short and shining hair.

Old Bonny Gray, a noble steed
  Of sure, majestic pace,
Before the deacon purchased him,
  Was famous at a race.

This story he