MyNanie'sAwa

mynanie'sawa

tune—“there'llneverbepeacetilljamiecomeshame.”

nowinhergreenmantleblythenaturearrays,

andlistensthelambkinsthatbleato'erherbraes;

whilebirdswarblewelcomesinilkagreenshaw,

buttomeit'sdelightless—mynanie'sawa.

thesnawdrapandprimroseourwoodlandsadorn,

andvioletesbatheintheweeto'themorn;

theypainmysadbosom,saesweetlytheyblaw,

theymindmeo'nanie—andnanie'sawa.

thoulav'rockthatspringsfraethedewsofthelawn,

theshepherdtowarno'thegrey-breakingdawn,

andthoumellowmavisthathailsthenight-fa',

giveoverforpity—mynanie'sawa.

comeautumn,saepensive,inyellowandgrey,

andsoothemewi'tidingso'nature'sdecay:

thedark,drearywinter,andwild-drivingsnaw

alanecandelightme—nownanie'sawa.