Spring it is Cheery
Thomas Hood
1799 to 1845
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Spring it is cheery,
Winter is dreary,
Green leaves hang, but the brown must fly;
When he's forsaken,
Wither'd shaken,
What can an old man do but die?
will not clip him,
Maids will not lip him,
and Marian pass him by;
Youth it is sunny,
has no honey,—
What can an old man but die?
June it was jolly,
Oh for its folly!
A dancing leg and a laughing eye;
Youth may silly,
Wisdom is chilly,—
What can an old do but die?
Friends, they are scanty,
Beggars are plenty,
If he has followers, I know why;
Gold's in clutches,
(Buying him crutches!)
What can an old do but die?