The Vagabond
Robert Louis Stevenson
1850 to 1894
Track 1
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Nor a friend to know me.
Let what will be o'er me;
Give the face of earth around
Or let autumn fall on me
All I ask, the heaven above
White as meal the frosty field --
Give the face of earth around,
Nor a friend to know me;
And the byway nigh me.
Not to winter even!
And the road below me.
Wealth I ask not, hope, nor love,
Bed in the bush with stars to see,
Warm the fireside haven --
Let the lave go by me,
Bread I dip in the river --
Wealth I seek not, hope nor love,
Let the blow fall soon or late,
Silencing the bird on tree,
Not to autumn will I yield,
There's the life for a man like me,
Biting the blue finger;
And the road before me.
All I seek, the heaven above
And the road below me.
Let the blow fall soon or late,
Give to me the life I love,
And the road before me.
Where afield I linger,
There's the life for ever.
Give the jolly heaven above
Let what will be o'er me;
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