The Old Snake Fence + 

In early times the pioneer + 

When a few acres he did clear, + 

He found an ample recompense + 

For splitting rails and making fence. + 

Though it was crooked as a snake, + 

And zigzag style did not awake, + 

He thought it was a thing of beauty, + 

Yet in its day it did its duty. + 

And though the old snake fence must fall, + 

’Twas easy made, axe, wedge and maul, + 

Were all the tools the pioneer + 

Bequired the old rail fence to rear. + 

And the old pioneer could boast + 

Of fence that did not need a post, + 

To build it now is waste of timber, + 

And fertile lands it doth cumber. + 

And pine stump fence with its sharp roots + 

Will long endure and ward off brutes, + 

For the crops they ample shield + 

And do protect each separate field. + 

But old style fence doth waste much land, + 

Where weeds do grow and bush expand, + 

And thistle down doth blow from thence, + 

So folks build wire and the board fence. + 