“Is my team ploughing,
\nThat I was used to drive
\nAnd hear the harness jingle
\nWhen I was man alive?”<\/p>\n
Ay, the horses trample,
\nThe harness jingles now;
\nNo change though you lie under
\nThe land you used to plough.<\/p>\n
“Is football playing
\nAlong the river shore,
\nWith lads to chase the leather,
\nNow I stand up no more?”<\/p>\n
Ay, the ball is flying,
\nThe lads play heart and soul;
\nThe goal stands up, the keeper
\nStands up to keep the goal.<\/p>\n
“Is my girl happy,
\nThat I thought hard to leave,
\nAnd has she tired of weeping
\nAs she lies down at eve?”<\/p>\n
Ay, she lies down lightly,
\nShe lies not down to weep,
\nYour girl is well contented.
\nBe still, my lad, and sleep.<\/p>\n
“Is my friend hearty,
\nNow I am thin and pine,
\nAnd has he found to sleep in
\nA better bed than mine?”<\/p>\n
Yes, lad, I lie easy,
\nI lie as lads would choose;
\nI cheer a dead man’s sweetheart,
\nNever ask me whose.<\/p>\n
\u2014 1896<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t