IF Ellerton Willy be slighted by Lilly! <br /> Yet others as bonny will hark to his lay; <br />Then why like a silly bit daffodowndilly, <br /> Should I droop my head, droop, and cry, well-a-way? <br /> <br />Chorus:—Then why should pine Willy? if slighted by Lilly, <br /> Yet others as bonny will hark to his lay, etc. <br /> <br />Has Effie, a violet sweet, and a sweeter <br /> In Wanie's fair valley ne'er lifted its head, <br />Not pined hour by hour since I promised to meet her, <br /> And met with this music-tongued Lilly instead? <br /> <br /> Chorus.—Then why should pine Willy? etc. <br /> <br />Has Tibbie, the pride of the Moor, and whose glances <br /> Are spells that enrapture the young and the old, <br />—The Queen of our dancers, so finely she dances— <br /> Not sighed for the love at which Lilly is cold? <br /> <br /> Chorus:—Then why should pine Willy? etc. <br /> <br />Has Meg, at whose bearing the Hirsts are enchanted, <br /> And whom as a charmer the charmer respects, <br />Not tipt me the wink, and thrice hinted if wanted, <br /> She'd skip at the proffer this Lilly rejects? <br /> <br /> Chorus:—Then why should pine Willy? etc. <br /> <br />Would Clara herself, at whose dimples and madly <br /> Young Robin of Uffam would dance in delight, <br />Not slip a red-rose in her hair and hie gladly <br /> To wile, could she wile, me from Lilly to night? <br /> <br />Chorus:—Then why should pine Willy? if slighted by Lilly, <br /> Yet others as bonny will hark to his lay, <br /> Then why like a silly bit daffodowndilly, <br /> Should I droop my head, droop, and cry, well-a-way?<br /><br />Joseph Skipsey<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/lilly-and-willy/
