WanderingWillie—FirstVersion

wanderingwillie—firstversion

hereawa,thereawa,wanderingwillie,

nowtiredwithwandering,haudawahame;

cometomybosom,myaeonlydearie,

andtellmethoubring'stmemywilliethesame.

loudblewthecauldwinterwindsatourparting;

itwasnatheblastbroughtthetearinmye'e:

nowwelcomethesimmer,andwelcomemywillie,

thesimmertonature,mywillietome.

yehurricanesrestinthecaveo'yourslumbers,

ohowyourwildhorrorsaloveralarms!

awakenyebreezes,rowgentlyyebillows,

andwaftmydearladdieancemairtomyarms.

butifhe'sforgottenhisfaithfullestnannie,

ostillflowbetweenus,thouwideroaringmain;

mayineverseeit,mayinevertrowit,

but,dying,believethatmywillie'smyain!