Heart Songs

<h2><SPAN name="BACK_ON_THE_FARM" id="BACK_ON_THE_FARM"></SPAN>Back on the Farm</h2> <div class="poetry"> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">I’ll tell you what I wish I was,<br/></span> <span class="i2">When days like these arrive,<br/></span> <span class="i0">An’ spring puts all her gewgaws on,<br/></span> <span class="i2">An’ all the world’s alive.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">I wish I was a boy again&mdash;<br/></span> <span class="i2">A boy back on the farm&mdash;<br/></span> <span class="i0">A-watchin’ all the growin’ stuff,<br/></span> <span class="i2">An’ cowslips gettin’ warm.<span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page_166" id="page_166"></SPAN>{166}</span><br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">A playin’ round the whole long day<br/></span> <span class="i2">As happy as a lark,<br/></span> <span class="i0">An’ never out of mischief once<br/></span> <span class="i2">From daylight until dark.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">With such a lot of things to hear<br/></span> <span class="i2">An’ such a lot to see,<br/></span> <span class="i0">An’ my dog Rover at my heels,<br/></span> <span class="i2">To keep me company.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">A watchin’ the big sun go down<br/></span> <span class="i2">Behind the tree-tops high,<br/></span> <span class="i0">An’ wishin’ I could climb the one<br/></span> <span class="i2">That reached up to the sky.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">A-listenin’ to the katydids<br/></span> <span class="i2">A-jawin’ in the lane,<br/></span> <span class="i0">An’ sniffin’ up the earthy smell<br/></span> <span class="i2">That comes before a rain.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Laughin’ to see the white-wool’d sheep<br/></span> <span class="i2">Come skippin’ down the hill,<br/></span> <span class="i0">An’ feelin’ such a heap of joy<br/></span> <span class="i2">I couldn’t quite keep still.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">An’ by-an’-by, a dozin’ off,<br/></span> <span class="i2">An’ wakin’ up to hear<br/></span> <span class="i0">My mother say: “Come in the house,<br/></span> <span class="i2">’Tis past your bedtime, dear.”<span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page_167" id="page_167"></SPAN>{167}</span><br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">A longin’ takes me on these days<br/></span> <span class="i2">When all the world gets warm,<br/></span> <span class="i0">A-longin’ just to be a boy&mdash;<br/></span> <span class="i2">A boy back on the farm.<br/></span></div> </div></div> <p class="c"><ANTIMG src="images/deco.png" width-obs="25" alt="[Decorative image unavailable.]" /></p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />