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 Let us, like them, then sing and play

About the birks of Invermay.

Hark, how the waters, as they fall,

Loudly my love to gladness call,

The wanton waves sport in the beams,

And fishes play throughout the streams;

The circling sun does now advance,

And all the planets round him dance:

Let us as jovial be as they,

Amang the birks of Invermay.





Go where glory waits thee,

But while fame elates thee,

Oh! still remember me,

When the praise thou meetest,

To thine ear is sweetest,

Oh! then remember me.

Other arms may press thee,

Dearer friends caress thee,

All the joys that bless thee,

Sweeter far may be;

But when friends are nearest,

And when joys are dearest,

Oh! then remember me.