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TRAVELLERS by PERCY ADDLESHAW

First Line: WE SHALL LODGE AT THE SIGN OF THE GRAVE
Last Line: FOR PERHAPS IT'S A COMFORTLESS INN, MY FRIEND.
Subject(s): TRAVEL; JOURNEYS; TRIPS;
WE shall lodge at the sign of the Grave, you say;
Well, the road is a long one we trudge, my friend,
So why should we grieve at the break of the day?
Let us sing, let us drink, let us love, let us play, --
We can keep our sighs for the journey's end.

We shall lodge at the sign o' the Grave, you say;
Well, since we are nearing our journey's end,
Our hearts should be happy while yet they may:
Let us sing, let us drink, let us love, let us play,
For perhaps it's a comfortless inn, my friend.



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