I had a little cow and to save her,

I had a little cow and to save her,
I turned her into the meadow to graze her;
There came a heavy storm of rain,
And drove the little cow home again.
The church doors they stood open,
And there the little cow was cropen;*
The bell-ropes they were made of hay,
And the little cow ate them all away;
The sexton came to toll the bell,
And pushed the little cow into the well!