Spring it is Cheery
Thomas Hood
1799 to 1845
Track 1
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Winter is dreary,
What can an old man do but die?
Oh for its folly!
Friends, they are scanty,
If he has followers, I know why;
Youth it is sunny,
Beggars are plenty,
What can an old man do but die?
A dancing leg and a laughing eye;
What can an old man do but die?
Youth may be silly,
June it was jolly,
Wither'd and shaken,
Maids will not lip him,
Wisdom is chilly,—
Age has no honey,—
Love will not clip him,
When he's forsaken,
What can an old man do but die?
Green leaves hang, but the brown must fly;
Maud and Marian pass him by;
(Buying him crutches!)
Gold's in his clutches,
Spring it is cheery,
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