The Goat

A billy goat sits crying: he sent a nanny goat to fetch nuts; she went and has not come back.

Then the billy goat began to sing: No goat with nuts, No goat with roasted nuts! Just you wait, goat! I’ll send wolves after you. The wolves will not go and drive the goat along: No goat with nuts, No goat with roasted nuts! Just you wait, wolves! I’ll send a bear after you. The bear will not go and tear at the wolves, The wolves will not go and drive the goat along: No goat with nuts No goat with roasted nuts! Just you wait, bear! I’ll send people after you. The people will not go and shoot the bear, The bear will not go and tear at the wolves, The wolves will not go and drive the goat along: No goat with nuts, No goat with roasted nuts! Just you wait, people! I’ll send clubs after you. The clubs will not go and beat the people, The people will not go and shoot the bear, The bear will not go and tear at the wolves, The wolves will not go and drive the goat along: No goat with nuts, No goat with roasted nuts! Just you wait, clubs! I’ll send an axe after you. The axe will not go and chop the clubs, The clubs will not go and beat the people, The people will not go and shoot the bear, The bear will not go and tear at the wolves, The wolves will not go and drive the goat along: No goat with nuts, No goat with roasted nuts! Just you wait, axe! I’ll send a stone after you. The stone will not go and blunt the axe, The axe will not go and chop the clubs, The clubs will not go and beat the people, The people will not go and shoot the bear, The bear will not go and tear at the wolves, The wolves will not go and drive the goat along: No goat with nuts, No goat with roasted nuts! Just you wait, stone! I’ll send fire after you. The fire will not go and scorch the stone, The stone will not go and blunt the axe, The axe will not go and chop the clubs, The clubs will not go and beat the people, The people will not go and shoot the bear, The bear will not go and tear at the wolves, The wolves will not go and drive the goat along: No goat with nuts, No goat with roasted nuts! Just you wait, fire! I’ll send water after you. The water will not go and douse the fire, The fire will not go and scorch the stone, The stone will not go and blunt the axe, The axe will not go and chop the clubs, The clubs will not go and beat the people, The people will not go and shoot the bear, The bear will not go and tear at the wolves, The wolves will not go and drive the goat along: No goat with nuts, No goat with roasted nuts! Just you wait, water! I’ll send a storm after you. The storm went to drive the water, The water went to douse the fire, The fire went to scorch the stone, The stone went to blunt the axe, The axe went to chop the clubs, The clubs went to beat the people, The people went to shoot the bear, The bear went to tear at the wolves, The wolves went to drive the goat along: Here’s the goat with nuts, Here’s the goat with roasted nuts!