Anonymous English Dear Poems
- 1. I Know My Love
I KNOW my Love by his way of walking,
And I know my love by his way of talking,
And I know my love dressed in a suit of blue,
And if my Love leaves me, what will I do?
... - 2. Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ye
WHILE going the road to sweet Athy,
Hurroo! hurroo!
While going the road to sweet Athy,
Hurroo! hurroo!
... - 3. Allalu Mo Wauleen (the Beggar-s Address To His Bag)
GOOD neighbors, dear, be cautious,
And covet no manâ??s pounds or pence.
Ambitionâ??s greedy maw shun,
And tread the path of innocence!
... - 4. Nell Flaherty-s Drake
MY NAME it is Nell, right candid I tell,
And I live near a dell I neâ??er will deny,
I had a large drake, the truth for to spake,
My grandfather left me when going to die;
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