No One At Home — Nursery Rhyme Lyrics

No one at home in the hen-house,
And no one at home in the barn,
Old Brindle has gone to the neighbor's
To borrow a skein of brown yarn,
To borrow yarn for the darning
Of socks for her wee spotted calf?
The little rollicking rascal
Has never enough by half.
And Speckle is down by the willow
Washing her chicks in the lake,
While old Daddy Cockle is lying
Abed with a bad toothache.

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What are the words to No One At Home?
The lyrics to No One At Home are: No one at home in the hen-house, / And no one at home in the barn, / Old Brindle has gone to the neighbor's / To borrow a skein of brown yarn, / To borrow yarn for the darning / Of socks for her wee spotted calf? ... Read the full 12-line nursery rhyme at Rhyme Buster.
How many lines does No One At Home have?
"No One At Home" has 12 lines of verse.

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