Andromeda, and Other Poems/Sing Heigh-Ho

by Charles Kingsley

SING HEIGH-HO!

THERE sits a bird on every tree;
 Sing heigh-ho!
There sits a bird on every tree,
And courts his love as I do thee;
  Sing heigh-ho, and heigh-ho!
 Young maids must marry.

There grows a flower on every bough;
   Sing heigh-ho!
There grows a flower on every bough,
Its petals kiss—I'll show you how:
  Sing heigh-ho, and heigh-ho!
 Young maids must marry.

From sea to stream the salmon roam;
   Sing heigh-ho!
From sea to stream the salmon roam;
Each finds a mate, and leads her home;
  Sing heigh-ho, and heigh-ho!
 Young maids must marry.

The sun's a bridegroom, earth a bride;
   Sing heigh-ho!
They court from morn till eventide:
The earth shall pass, but love abide.
  Sing heigh-ho, and heigh-ho!
 Young maids must marry.

 

The End.

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