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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