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Every day the starving poor
Crowded around Bishop Hatto's door,
For he had a plentiful last-year's store,
And all the neighbourhood could tell
His granaries were furnished well.
Crowded around Bishop Hatto's door,
For he had a plentiful last-year's store,
And all the neighbourhood could tell
His granaries were furnished well.
At last Bishop Hatto appointed a day
To quiet the poor without delay,
He bade them to his great Barn repair,
And they should have food for winter there.
To quiet the poor without delay,
He bade them to his great Barn repair,
And they should have food for winter there.
Rejoiced the tidings good to hear
The poor folk flocked from far and near;
The great Barn was full as it could hold
Of women and children, and young and old.
The poor folk flocked from far and near;
The great Barn was full as it could hold
Of women and children, and young and old.
Then when he saw it could hold no more
Bishop Hatto he made fast the door,
And while for mercy on Christ they call
He set fire to the Barn and burnt them all.
Bishop Hatto he made fast the door,
And while for mercy on Christ they call
He set fire to the Barn and burnt them all.
I' faith 'tis an excellent bonfire! quoth he,
And the country is greatly obliged to me,
For ridding it in these times forlorn
Of Rats that only consume the corn.
And the country is greatly obliged to me,
For ridding it in these times forlorn
Of Rats that only consume the corn.
