YE BONNY BOYS
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Ye bonny boys, and fellows brave, Who ever shun grim Death’s decoys, And all the habits that enslave Ye bonny boys. So play with duties as with toys, The higher heights sincerely crave, Conscious of being the King’s envoys. Yes, rise on care as cork on wave, And climb and climb to nobler joys; Yet richest heritage, what ye gave, Ye bonny boys.