Songs of Travel: I. The Vagabond

The Vagabond

Give to me the life I love

Let the lave go by me

Give the jolly heaven above

And the byway nigh me

Bed in the bush with stars to see

Bread I dip in the river

There's the life for a man like me

There's the life for ever

Let the blow fall soon or late

Let what will be o'er me

Give the face of earth around

And the road before me

Wealth I seek not, hope nor love

Nor a friend to know me

All I seek, the heaven above

And the road below me

Or let autumn fall on me

Where afield I linger

Silencing the bird on tree

Biting the blue finger

White as meal the frosty field

Warm the fireside haven

Not to autumn will I yield

Not to winter even

Let the blow fall soon or late

Let what will be o'er me

Give the face of earth around

And the road before me

Wealth I ask not, hope nor love

Nor a friend to know me

All I ask, the heaven above

And the road below me