Ha-ha, yonder house, I know it;

It’s grandfather’s new-built farm!

Gone are the clouts from the windows;

The crazy old fence is gone.

The lights gleam from every casement;

There’s a feast in the hall to-night.

There, that was the provost clinking

The back of his knife on his glass;—

There’s the captain flinging his bottle,

And shivering the mirror to bits.—