Farmers' wives! when the leaves do fall,
'Twill spoil your milk, and butter, and all.
St Thomas gray, St Thomas gray,
The longest night and the shortest day.
If Christmas Day on a Monday fall,
A troublous winter we shall have all.
If Christmas Day a Monday be,
A wintry winter you shall see.
Friday's a day as'll have his trick,
The fairest or foulest day o' the wik.
A blue and white sky,
Never four and twenty hours dry.