From The Annotated Grateful Dead, "The Eleven"
"Twelve huntsmen with horn and hounds,
Hunting over other men's ground;.
"Eleven ships sailing o'er the main,.
Some bound for France and some for Spain;*.
Plus I made him a couple of Sigils, one to continue his good works and the other to help him keep his eye on the prize....
"Ten comets in the sky,
Some low and some high;.
Nine peacocks in the air,
I wonder how they all came there,
I don't know, nor I don't care;
Eight joiners in joiner's hall,
Working with their tools and all;
Seven lobsters in a dish,
"As fresh as any heart could wish;
Six beetles against a wall,
Close by an old woman's apple-stall;
Five puppies by our dog Ball,
Who daily for their breakfast call;
Four horses stuck in a bog,
Three monkeys tied to a clog,
Two pudding ends would choke a dog,
With a gaping wide-mouthed waddling frog."