Classic Poem

1

The girl I love is flesh and blood
With face and form of fairest clay
Straight as the firdale in the wood
And lovely as a first spring day

2

The girl I love's a lovely girl
Bonny and young in every feature
Richer than flowers and strings o' pearl
A handsome and delightful creature

3

She's born to grace the realms above
Where we shall both be seen together
And sweet and fair the maid I love
As rose tree's are in summer weather

4

O bonny straight and fair is she
I wish we both lived close together
Like as the acorns on the tree
Or foxglove bell in summer weather

5

Come to me love and let us dwell
Where oak trees cluster all together
I'll gaze upon thy blossoms well
And love, yes love thee then forever

6

Her face is like another's face
As white another's skin may prove
But no one else could fill her place
If banished from the maid I love.