Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A SONG OF THE ROAD, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY


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First Line: O I will walk wity you, my lad
Last Line: O I will walk with you.
Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F.
Subject(s): Love; Roads; Travel; Walking; Wandering & Wanderers; Paths; Trails; Journeys; Trips


O I will walk with you, my lad, whichever way you fare,
You'll have me, too, the side o' you, with heart as light as air;
No care for where the road you take's a-leadin' -- anywhere, --
It can but be a joyful ja'nt the whilst you journey there.
The road you take's the path o' love, an' that's the bridth o' two --
And I will walk with you, my lad -- O I will walk with you.

Ho! I will walk with you, my lad,
Be weather black or blue
Or roadsides frost or dew, my lad --
O I will walk with you.

Ay, glad, my lad, I'll walk with you, whatever winds may blow,
Or summer blossoms stay our steps, or blinding drifts of snow;
The way that you set face and foot's the way that I will go,
And brave I'll be, abreast o' you, the Saints and Angels know!
With loyal hand in loyal hand, and one heart made o' two,
Through summer's gold, or winter's cold, it's I will walk with you.

Sure, I will walk with you, my lad,
As love ordains me to, --
To Heaven's door, and through, my lad,
O I will walk with you.





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