IF Ellerton Willy be slighted by Lilly!
Yet others as bonny will hark to his lay;
Then why like a silly bit daffodowndilly,
Should I droop my head, droop, and cry, well-a-way?
Chorus:-Then why should pine Willy? if slighted by Lilly,
Yet others as bonny will hark to his lay, etc.
Has Effie, a violet sweet, and a sweeter
In Wanie's fair valley ne'er lifted its head,
Not pined hour by hour since I promised to meet her,
And met with this music-tongued Lilly instead?
Chorus.-Then why should pine Willy? etc.
Has Tibbie, the pride of the Moor, and whose glances
Are spells that enrapture the young and the old,
-The Queen of our dancers, so finely she dances-
Not sighed for the love at which Lilly is cold?
Chorus:-Then why should pine Willy? etc.
Has Meg, at whose bearing the Hirsts are enchanted,
And whom as a charmer the charmer respects,
Not tipt me the wink, and thrice hinted if wanted,
She'd skip at the proffer this Lilly rejects?
Chorus:-Then why should pine Willy? etc.
Would Clara herself, at whose dimples and madly
Young Robin of Uffam would dance in delight,
Not slip a red-rose in her hair and hie gladly
To wile, could she wile, me from Lilly to night?
Chorus:-Then why should pine Willy? if slighted by Lilly,
Yet others as bonny will hark to his lay,
Then why like a silly bit daffodowndilly,
Should I droop my head, droop, and cry, well-a-way?
Lilly And Willy
Joseph Skipsey
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Poem topics: dance, hair, music, night, pride, red, rose, sweet, cold, delight, queen, violet, valley, love, I love you, young, head, chorus, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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