If he had only kissed her,
Poor leetle rossignol!
But he was los' hees sister,
An' it 's alone he call—
Over de mountain, over de mountain,
Hear heem call,
Hear heem call—poor leetle rossignol!
Only a day of gladness,
Only a day of song,
Only a night of sadness
Lastin' de w'ole life long.
Over de mountain, over de mountain,
Hear heem call,
Hear heem call—poor leetle rossignol!
Meb-be
A quiet boy was Joe Bedotte,
An' no sign anyw'ere
Of anyt'ing at all he got
Is up to ordinaire—
An' w'en de teacher tell heem go
An' tak' a holiday,
For wake heem up, becos' he 's slow,
Poor Joe would only say,
"Wall! meb-be."
Don't bodder no wan on de school
Unless dey bodder heem,
But all de scholar t'ink he 's fool
Or walkin' on a dream—
So w'en dey 're closin' on de spring
Of course dey 're moche surprise
Dat Joe is takin' ev'ry-t'ing
Of w'at you call de prize.
