A DAMSEL fair, on a summer's day— —Sing heigh, sing ho, for the summer! Sat under a tree in a kirtle gray, Singing, "Somebody's late at tryst to-day; Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Or the leaves may fall in summer!" Answered a little bird overhead— As birds will do in summer; "Some body @3has@1 kept tryst," it said, "With somebody else in a kirtle red, And they are going to be marrièd." Sing heigh, sing ho, for the summer! "With all my heart, little bird," said she; Sing heigh, sing ho, for the summer! "He's welcome to kirtle red for me; Somebody's fast, while somebody's free! There's nothing, no, nothing, like libertie!" —Sing heigh, sing ho, for the summer! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LAUTERBRUNNEN by THOMAS GOLD APPLETON GOODS TRAIN AT NIGHT by KENNETH H. ASHLEY THE LADY TO HER GUITAR by EMILY JANE BRONTE WE KNOW by MARTHA TAYLOR BROWN THE BONNIE LASS OF ALBANY by ROBERT BURNS BALLAD TO THE TUNE - 'BUT THAT NE'ER TROUBLES ME, BOYS' by PATRICK CAREY |