Classic Poem

" GIRL o' mine,
Give my horse a drink! "

" Not yet am I your wife.
Were that my lot in life
My widra from the spring
Cold water then would bring. "

" Girl o' mine,
Get up behind this horse!
Ride we at swiftest gait!
Rooms in my house await.
The guest-room, O so fine!
Shall couch this girl o' mine.

Girl o' mine,
My horse needs better guard! "

" Ah, but the road is hard;
The dew's on the grass yet,
My bare feet would get wet. "

" My coat around your feet
Shall keep them warm, my sweet.
And when God wills, I'll buy
New shoon to keep them dry. "

" Nay, buy no shoes for me —
Your own might better be.
There's one likes my feet bare —
Now run and catch your mare! "