BOY JOHNNY.
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BOY JOHNNY.
"IF you'll busk you as a bride
And make ready,
It's I will wed you with a ring,
O fair lady."
And make ready,
It's I will wed you with a ring,
O fair lady."
"Shall I busk me as a bride,
I so bonny,
For you to wed me with a ring,
O boy Johnny?"
I so bonny,
For you to wed me with a ring,
O boy Johnny?"
"When you've busked you as a bride
And made ready,
Who else is there to marry you,
O fair lady?"
And made ready,
Who else is there to marry you,
O fair lady?"
"I will find my lover out,
I so bonny,
And you shall bear my wedding-train,
O boy Johnny."
I so bonny,
And you shall bear my wedding-train,
O boy Johnny."
FREAKS OF FASHION.
SUCH a hubbub in the nests,
Such a bustle and squeak!
Nestlings, guiltless of a feather,
Learning just to speak,
Ask—"And how about the fashions?"
From a cavernous beak.
Such a bustle and squeak!
Nestlings, guiltless of a feather,
Learning just to speak,
Ask—"And how about the fashions?"
From a cavernous beak.
