Pretty Cow
Thank you, pretty cow, that made
Pleasant milk to soak my bread,
Every day and every night,
Warm, and fresh, and sweet, and white.
Do not chew the hemlock rank,
Growing on the weedy bank;
But the yellow cowslips eat,
That will make it very sweet.
Where the purple violet grows,
Where the bubbling water flows,
Where the grass is fresh and fine,
Pretty cow, go there and dine.
by Jane Taylor
Jane Taylor was born on 23 September 1783 in London, England, as one among an extensive literary family. She was an essayist, a playwright, a short story writer, a novelist and a poet. Jane Taylor worked as an editor and writer for “Youth’s Magazine.” She is known as the author of the song, “The Star,” also known as “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star,” (1806) and the poem, “The Violet,” among other works. Jane Taylor passed on at 40 years of age on 13 April 1824.
Thank you, pretty cow, that made
Pleasant milk to soak my bread,
Every day and every night,
Warm, and fresh, and sweet, and white.
Do not chew the hemlock rank,
Growing on the weedy bank;
But the yellow cowslips eat,
That will make it very sweet.
Where the purple violet grows,
Where the bubbling water flows,
Where the grass is fresh and fine,
Pretty cow, go there and dine.
by Jane Taylor
Jane Taylor was born on 23 September 1783 in London, England, as one among an extensive literary family. She was an essayist, a playwright, a short story writer, a novelist and a poet. Jane Taylor worked as an editor and writer for “Youth’s Magazine.” She is known as the author of the song, “The Star,” also known as “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star,” (1806) and the poem, “The Violet,” among other works. Jane Taylor passed on at 40 years of age on 13 April 1824.