A happy and reckless youthI am

As I ply boat on the deep. Menam;

My song shall end and my song begin

In praise of  there, my darling.

CHORUS: Begin with the head and end with the toes;

My praise shall be strong As the tide

That flows.

Who that has been e’er forgot

Thy pretty hair tied in a sweet knot?

CHORUS: Begin with the head and end with the toes;

My praise shall be strong As the tide

That flows.

Thy eyebrow black, I’m sure that each

Is a shiny as any healthy leech;

No elephant, white, black, short, or tall,

Can boast of such eyes, so loving and small

CHORUS: Begin with the head and end with the toes;

My praise shall be strong As the tide

That flows.

As for thy nose, I’m certain that

None other has come has one so wide and flat;

And the ebony’s bark in its core beneath’

Was never so black as thy shiny teeth

CHORUS: Begin with the head and end with the toes;

My praise shall be strong As the tide

That flows.

Complexion of gold and a high cheek-bone,

Such a lovely bride as my darling Chin.

CHORUS: Begin with the head and end with the toes;

My praise shall be strong As the tide

That flows.

Thy frame is as light as the forest stag

And as strong and firm as a  rocky crag;

Thy feet and toes (the more goodluck)

As pretty and broad as the web-footed duck.

CHORUS: Begin with the head and end with the toes;

My praise shall be strong As the tide

That flows.