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There was once a Goose at the point of death, So she called her three daughters near, And desired them all, with her latest breath, Her last dying words to hear. There's a Mr. Fox", said she, that I know, Who lives in a covert hard by; To our race he has proved a deadly foe, So beware of his treachery. Build houses, ere long, of stone or of bricks, And get tiles for your roofs, I pray For I know of old Mr. Reynard's tricks And I fear he may come any day. Thus saying, she died and her daughters fair, Gobble, Goosey and Ganderee Agreed together that they would beware Of Mr. Fox, their enemy.