William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Georgian Verse. 1909.
A Boys SongJames Hogg (17701835)
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Where the grey trout lies asleep,
Up the river and o’er the lea,
That’s the way for Billy and me.
Where the hawthorn blooms the sweetest,
Where the nestlings chirp and flee,
That’s the way for Billy and me.
Where the hay lies thick and greenest;
There to trace the homeward bee,
That’s the way for Billy and me.
Where the shadow falls the deepest,
Where the clustering nuts fall free,
That’s the way for Billy and me.
Little maidens from their play,
Or love to banter and fight so well,
That’s the thing I never could tell.
Through the meadow, among the hay:
Up the water and o’er the lea,
That’s the way for Billy and me.