Part 1 — AH ME!
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When maiden loves, she sits and sighs She wanders to and fro; Unbidden tear-drops fill her eyes, And to all questions she replies With a sad heigho! 'Tis but a little word—"heigho!" So soft, 'tis scarcely heard—"heigho! An idle breath— Yet life and death May hang upon a maid's "heigho!" When maiden loves, she mopes apart, As owl mopes on a tree; Although she keenly feels the smart, She cannot tell what ails her heart, With its sad "Ah me!" 'Tis but a foolish sigh—"Ah me!" Born but to droop and die—"Ah me!" Yet all the sense Of eloquence Lies hidden in a maid's "Ah me!"