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.