WINTER.
Reading edition
Music by T. Crampton.
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1
'Tis snowing fast, hurrah! hurrah! Come o'er the hills away; Away we'll run for healthy fun, And in the snowdrifts play. Let me but pull my mittens on, I'll make the snowballs fly; If you look out the window, Nell, You'll see them whizzing by.
2
Papa thinks I'm not old enough Just now to learn to skate; And mother says another year Will not be long to wait. But famous forts I mean to build, And on the ice I'll slide; How swiftly o'er the glassy crust I shall securely glide.
3
Oh, glad am I the frost has come! What merry rides we'll take! We soon shall hear the jingling bells Their thrilling music make. I know that lovely summer brings Its many fruits and joys; But then old frosty winter gives Rare fun to lively boys.