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The Harvest Home
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| The Harvest Home written by William Henry Davies |
| From "Songs of Joy", 1911 |
The Harvest Home's a home indeed;
If my lord bishop drank ale there,
He'd want to kiss the beggar wench,
And change his gown with her, I swear.
The Harvest Home's a place to love,
There is no better booze on sale;
Angels in Heaven - I take my oath -
Can find no better glass of ale.
There's courage in such booze as that:
Old Dicky drank but one small mug,
And then, to please the harvest girls,
Said, 'Look!' and swallowed a live frog.
The landlord draws to suit my taste,
I never knew his wife to fail;
But, somehow, what the daughter draws
Is - by my soul and body - Ale!
| This work is in the public domain in countries where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or less. |