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Rh Where the houses of Gosh seem so paltry and vain, Like a handful of pebbles strewn over the plain; Where tiny black forms crawl about in the vale, And stare at the mountain they fear them to scale.

And Sym sits him down by his little wife's knee, With his feet in the grass and his back to a tree; And he looks on the Valley and dreams of old years, As he strokes his red dog with the funny prick ears. And he says, "Still they climb in their whimsical way, While we stand on earth, yet are higher then they. Oh, who trusts to a tree is a fool of a man! For the wise seek the mountains, my Emily Ann."

So lives the queer tinker, nor deems it a wrong, When the spirit so moves him, to burst into song. 'Tis a comical song about kettles and pans, And the graces and charms that are Emily Ann's. 'Tis a mad, freakish song, but he sings it with zest, And his little wife vows it of all songs the best. And he sings quite a lot, as the Summer days pass, With his back to a tree and his feet in the grass.

And the little red dog, who is wise as dogs go. He will hark to that song for a minute or so,