Aesop - The Thieves and the Cock lyrics

SOME THIEVES broke into a house and found nothing but a co*k, whom they stole, and got off as fast as they could. Upon arriving at home they prepared to k** the co*k, who thus pleaded for his life: "Pray spare me; I am very serviceable to men. I wake them up in the night to their work." "That is the very reason why we must the more k** you," they replied; "for when you wake your neighbors, you entirely put an end to our business." The safeguards of virtue are hateful to those with evil intentions.