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FOLK SONG - FROM THE DANISH by ANTOINETTE DE COURSEY PATTERSON

First Line: LITTLE ROSE AND HER MOTHER, FROM THE BOAT WHERE IT
Last Line: "MOST SURELY THE ONE WHO LAUGHS LATEST LAUGHS BEST!"
Little Rose and her mother, from the boat where it lay,
Bantered each other in the merriest way.
@3Ha, ha, ha, sa, sa, sa, sa!@1
Bantered each other in the merriest way!

"No lover shall wed me -- no matter how bold --
Till trees in the garden bear blossoms of gold."
@3Ha, ha, ha, sa, sa, sa, sa!@1
"Till trees in the garden bear blossoms of gold."

From the porch thinks Hr. Peder, amused at her jest,
"'Tis always the one who laughs latest laughs best!"
@3Ha, ha, ha, sa, sa, sa, sa!@1
"'Tis always the one who laughs latest laughs best!"

And when later they entered the garden -- behold
From each tree was hanging a ring of bright gold!
@3Ha, ha, ha, sa, sa, sa, sa!@1
From each tree was hanging a ring of bright gold!

But Rosalie, scarlet as fresh-dripping blood,
Kept both her eyes fixed on the grass where she stood.
@3Ha, ha, ha, sa, sa, sa, sa!@1
Kept both her eyes fixed on the grass where she stood.

Then Hr. Peder he kissed her, still full of the jest:
"Most surely the one who laughs latest laughs best!"
@3Ha, ha, ha, sa, sa, sa, sa!@1
"Most surely the one who laughs latest laughs best!"



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