From Keith Sowerbutts, Oswald Street, Accrington.

A bear, lion and a chicken were chatting,
Each of them inclined to boast.
Arguing at length about the sound they made,
And which would scare humans the most!

"I have only to growl," said the fierce-looking bear.
"To make people tremble and quake!"
The lion chipped in, "one roar from me
Makes the humans all shiver and shake."

Up stepped the scrawny chicken,
Saying, "one sneeze or a cough, it's a cert,
As soon as I put my head out of the cabin
All the countryside go on alert."