The Coward
I MUST be off and a long time gone before the Spring comes back;
Before the last snow thaws and dries, before the first bird sings —
Before me heart's the like of a hare with yelpin' hounds on its track,
With the old sounds and the old sights and the liftin' of new-fledged wings.
I must be gone and a long way off before the Spring comes on;
Before the hedges are comin' green the ways that we used to go.
'Tis bad enough on a winter's night for a lad to sit be his lone,
But I'm dreadin' the time when Phelin's pipes call up from the glen below.
I must be off and a long time gone, and there's no one to bid me stay,
And she and the man of her choice may laugh at seein' a fool depart.
I must be off and a long way off before Spring comes this way,
Before the sight of a child of hers would tear the chords of me heart.
Before the last snow thaws and dries, before the first bird sings —
Before me heart's the like of a hare with yelpin' hounds on its track,
With the old sounds and the old sights and the liftin' of new-fledged wings.
I must be gone and a long way off before the Spring comes on;
Before the hedges are comin' green the ways that we used to go.
'Tis bad enough on a winter's night for a lad to sit be his lone,
But I'm dreadin' the time when Phelin's pipes call up from the glen below.
I must be off and a long time gone, and there's no one to bid me stay,
And she and the man of her choice may laugh at seein' a fool depart.
I must be off and a long way off before Spring comes this way,
Before the sight of a child of hers would tear the chords of me heart.
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