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Musical garland/How joyous is a country life

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3180082Musical garland — How Joyous is a Country Life

How joyous is a Country life

How joyous is a country life,
When fields are green and gay!
How happily a farmer’s wife
May pass her time away!
When hay is in, and harvest done,
What heartfelt joy to see,
The nymphs and swains together run,
And foot it merrily.

And here skipping,
There tripping
Lads and lasses come,
With here's a hand,
And there's a hand,
To keep up Harvest home.

And when from storms of chilling snow,
The trembling leaves retire,
How cheerly ’tis to feel the glow,
Where burns the cottage fire.
When rustic suitors archly tell,
In listening beauty’s ear,
Some village tale of what befell,
When lately bloom'd the year.

And here skipping,
There tripping,
Lads and lasses free.
On moon light green,
Were often seen
To dance in frolic glee.