HEINRICH HEINE - Repositories

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My child, we two were children,
As lively as ever you saw.
We crept into the hencoop.
And we hid there beneath the straw.
And there, like cocks, crowed loudly.
While folk went passing by,
"Kickery-koo!" They fancied,
'Twas really the cock's own cry.
The chests that lay in the courtyard.
With paper we overlaid.
Therein we lived together;
An excellent house we made.
The old cat of our neighbor
Would visit us at whiles;
\ye gave her bows and curtsies,
And compliments and smiles.
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