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The sky-lark - National Library of Scotland

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M% THE SKY-LARK.<br />

ERE AROUND THE HUGE OAK.<br />

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Ere the church was a ru - in, that nods on<br />

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the hill, Or a rook built his nest in the<br />

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pine, Or a rook built his nest on the pine.<br />

Could I trace back the time, a far distant date,<br />

Since my forefathers toil'd in the field,<br />

And the farm I now hold on your honour's estate,<br />

Is the same that my grandfather till'd.<br />

He dying, bequeath' d to his son a good name,<br />

Which, unsullied, descended to me,<br />

For my child I've preserv'd it, unsullied with shame<br />

And it still from a spot shall be free.

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