Would I were a Girl again.
Oh, would I were a girl again,
With heart and spirit free,
To gayly rove the village plain,
Or singing o’er the lea.
Then can you wonder if I sigh
And sadly thus deplore,
To wish for days, alas! gone by,
And be a girl once more.
I gayly trod the mountain side,
Knew naught of care or gloom,
Its purple bells brought home with pride,
To deck my mother’s room,
Then can you wonder if I sigh, &c.