THE BALD OLD WOMAN
Isaac Taylor Headland translation
ON the top of the mount,
By the road, on a stone—
Or a big pile of bricks—
Sat a bald-headed crone.
On her head were three hairs,
Which you'll reckon were thin,
In which she was trying
To wear a jade pin.
She put it in once,
But once it fell out;
She put it in twice,
But twice it fell out.
But the old woman said,
"I know what I'm about,
I'll not put it in
And it cannot fall out."