Once upon atime in England
There lived a Jack and Rose.
Such fools were they that on them
The sun of sense never rose.
They had a daughter Molly
Who was engaged to a Jack
Fool Molly was of the nth order
Luckily, sense prevailed on Jack
'Twas Christmas Eve - they
Invited Jack to dine
It was after a great feast that
Molly went to fetch wine.
To the cellar Molly went
To fill the jug with ale.
In the ceiling was an axe!!!
Our dear Molly went pale
Sat crying did Molly
Into the future her thoughts ran
She forgot to close the barrel
On the floor, ale ran
Into the cellar ran Jack and John and Rose
Shuddering and crying, our poor Molly rose
Asked Jack: "Why do you cry Molly dear?"
Holding back her tears, Molly expresed her fear:
"Oh dear Jack, soon we will marry
Our name will our dear child carry
One day like me, he will come to fetch wine.
What if this axe falls on the son of mine?"
Saying so, Molly burst into tears
John and Rose followed suit.
"How irrational are your fears!!!"-
Jack marched away stamping his foot!
Coming out of the cellar, Jack made an oath- "On Christmas Eve, On Christ I swear, I won't marry Molly until i find three people more foolish than you three!!"
On horseback left Jack on pursuit-
A pursuit for fools it was
A sight made him stop dead
Oh! What a sight it was!!
Pushing a cow onto a ladder
There was a plump man!!
Amazed at this curious sight,
To him Jack ran:
"Pushing a cow onto a ladder!
What mean you to do sir?"
"Oh! There is chaff on the roof.
I have nobody to get it to her"
Flabbergasted at this reply,
Jack left the man alone
"He is the first fool" he thought
"Two more before I go home"
Through a village travelling was Jack
Right in the dead of the night.
People were running helter-skelter
It gave him such a fright!!!
Of all the people running,
Jack stopped one:
"Brother, what has happened?
Why do you all run?"
"Don't you know?" asked the man
His tone was filled with misery
"The moon has fallen into the lake-
We do better hurry"
This was too much for Jack to digest. He told himself: I have found not just three but a village full of fools. My Molly and her parents are far better". Jack returned home, married Molly and lived happily ever after!
