The later poems of John Clare 1837-1864 ... General editor Eric Robinson: Edited by Eric Robinson and David Powell: Associate editor Margaret Grainger |
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THE GIPSEY LASS |
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THE GIPSEY LASS
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Just like berry brown is my bonny lassie OAnd in the smokey camp lives my bonny lassie O
Where the scented woodbine weaves
Round the white thorns glossy leaves
The sweetest maid on earth is my Gipsey lassie O
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The brook it runs so clear by my bonny lassie OAnd the blackbird singeth near my bonny lassie O
And there the wild briar rose
Wrinkles the clear stream as it flows
By the smokey camp of my bonny lassie O
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The ground lark singeth high o'er my bonny lassie OThe nightingale lives nigh my gipsey lassie O
They're with her all the year
By the brooks that run so clear
And there's none in all the world like my gipsey lassie O
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With a bosom like as snow is my Gipsey lassie OWith a foot like the roe is my bonny lassie O
Like the sweet birds she will sing
While echo it will ring
Sure there's none in the world like my bonny lassie O
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