Pibroch of Donnel Dhu, Summon Clan-Connel. Come away, come away, Hark to the summons! Come in your war array, Come as the winds come, When forests are rended, Come as the waves come, When navies are stranded. Faster come, faster come, faster and faster, Tenant and master. Fast they come, fast they come, Wide waves the eagle plume blended with heather. Pibroch of Donnel Dhu, now for the onset! Jack Sprat could eat no fat; So 'twixt them both they cleared the cloth, There was a little boy went into a barn, A calf came out and smelt about, And the little boy ran away. The sow came in with the saddle, The little pig rock'd the cradle, The dish jump'd up on the table To see the pot swallow the ladle. The spit that stood behind the door Threw the pudding-stick on the floor. Odsplut! said the gridiron, Can't you agree? I'm the head constable, Bring them to me. Little Tommy Tucker, Sing for your supper: What shall I sing? White bread and butter. How shall I cut it Without any knife? How shall I marry Without any wife? I would, if I could; if I couldn't, how could I? I couldn't without I could, could I? Could you without you could, could ye? could ye? could ye? You couldn't without you could, could ye? Oh that I were where I would be! And where I would be I can not. |