The Black Bird/The Lads of the Village

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Divider from 'The Black Bird', an undated Scottish chapbook with no printing information
Divider from 'The Black Bird', an undated Scottish chapbook with no printing information

The LADS of the VILLAGE.

While the lads of the village hall merrily ah;
sound their tabors, I'll hand thee along,
And I say unto thee, that verily, ah!
thou and I will be first in the throng.
While the lads, &c.

Just then when the swain who last year won the dow'r,
with his mates fall the sports have begun,
When the gay voice of gladness resounds from each bow'r,
& thou long'st in thy heart to make one. While &c.

Those joys which are harmless no mortal can blame,
'tis my maxim that youth should be free,
And to prove that my words & my deeds were the same
believe me thou'lt presently see. While &c.

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