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 Twas there young Jockey met my view,

His like before I never knew;

He pip'd so sweet and danc'd so gay,

Alas! he danc,d my heart away

At eve when cakes and ale went round,

He plac’d him next me on the ground;

With harmless mirth and pleasing jest,

He shone more bright than all the rest:

He talk’d of love, and press’d my hand.

Ah who could such a youth withstand?

Well pleas’d I heard what he could say,

Alas! he stole my heart away.

He often heav'd a tender sigh,

While rapture sparkled in his eye;

So winning was his grace and air,

He might the coldest heart ensnare:

But when he ask’d me for his bride,

I promis’d soon and soon comply’d,

What nymph on earth could say him nay?

Alas! he stole my heart away,

I knew by the smoke, that so gracefully curl’d,

Around the green elm. that a cottage was near,

And I said if there's peace to be found in the world,

The heart that is humble might hope for it here,

Every leaf was at rest and I heard not a sound.

But the Woodpecker tapping the hollow beech tree