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Tuesday, March 11, 2025

The Hilltop Farmer 2



That Exceptional Yankee, the Hilltop Farmer William Nilly,

        plowed both sides of the same field they say,

Just because he could, just because he was so frugal,

          just because of all those stones…

He had a million sheeps and twice or half as many pigs and cows 

          and his plow was the finest in the land.

Singlehandedly and willy nilly, he tossed them stones 

     (that some silly people think are “Serpent Walls”)

           while holdin’ the plow with the other hand…


Sometimes he had some help of course

 And sometimes he helped someone else of course:







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