Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, PREPARATIONS FOR WINTER, by PATRICK JOSEPH MCCALL


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First Line: There's my cabin with a brand new coat of thatch, norah
Last Line: Crying, winter, I'm well prepared!


There's my cabin with a brand new coat of thatch, Norah dear!
'Tis as cosy as the overcoat I've on;
And the stack that's in the haggard you won't match,
Norah dear!
Sure the neighbours call it Lugnaquilla's son!
I've put bushes in the gaps and the doors I've painted green;
And the garden wall I've nately repaired.
If I only had yourself, dear, I could say, like king or queen,
Roll on, winter, I'm well prepared!

There's an acre of potatoes in the pit, Norah dear!
Troth, I've turf enough to light me to fame;
And the corner of the kitchen where you'd sit, Norah dear!
Is a pleasant place to talk or to dream.
Ah, but lonesomest of all is my heart there above;
If the wind through its corners you heard,
You'd step into it at once with a turf load of love,
Crying, winter, I'm well prepared!





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