Jockey'sTaenThePartingKiss

jockey'staenthepartingkiss

air—“bonielasstakaman.”

jockey'staenthepartingkiss,

o'erthemountainsheisgane,

andwithhimisa'mybliss,

noughtbutgriefswithmeremain,

sparemylove,yewindsthatblaw,

plashysleetsandbeatingrain!

sparemylove,thoufeath'rysnaw,

driftingo'erthefrozenplain!

whentheshadesofeveningcreep

o'ertheday'sfair,gladsomee'e,

soundandsafelymayhesleep,

sweetlyblythehiswaukeningbe.

hewillthinkonherheloves,

fondlyhe'llrepeathername;

forwhere'erhedistantroves,

jockey'sheartisstillthesame.