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Songs from Vagabondia
by
Bliss Carman and Richard Hovey
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MR.
MOON: A SONG OF THE LITTLE PEOPLE
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O MOON,
Mr. Moon,
When you comin’ down?
Down on the hilltop,
Down in the glen,
Out in the clearin’, |
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To play
with little men?
Moon, Mr. Moon,
When you comin’ down?
O Mr. Moon,
Hurry up your stumps!
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Don’t
you hear Bullfrog
Callin’ to his wife,
And old black Cricket
A-wheezin’ at his fife?
Hurry up your stumps, |
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And
get on your pumps!
Moon, Mr. Moon,
When you comin’ down?
O Mr. Moon,
Hurry up along!
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The
reeds in the current
Are whisperin’ slow;
The river’s a-wimplin’
To and fro.
Hurry up along, |
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Or you’ll
miss the song!
Moon, Mr. Moon,
When you comin’ down?
O Mr. Moon,
We’re all here!
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30 |
Honey-bug,
Thistledrift,
White-imp, Weird,
Wryface, Billiken,
Quidnunc, Queered;
We’re all here, |
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And
the coast is clear!
Moon, Mr. Moon,
When you comin’ down?
O Mr. Moon,
We’re the little men!
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40 |
Dewlap,
Pussymouse,
Ferntip, Freak,
Drink-again, Shambler,
Talkytalk, Squeak;
Three times ten |
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Of us
little men!
Moon, Mr. Moon,
When you comin’ down?
O Mr. Moon,
We’re all ready!
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Tallenough,
Squaretoes,
Amble, Tip,
Buddybud, Heigho,
Little black Pip;
We’re all ready, |
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And
the wind walks steady!
Moon, Mr. Moon,
When you comin’ down?
O Mr. Moon,
We’re thirty score;
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60 |
Yellowbeard,
Piper,
Lieabed, Toots,
Meadowbee, Moonboy,
Bully-in-boots;
Three times more |
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Than
thirty score.
Moon, Mr. Moon,
When you comin’ down?
O Mr. Moon,
Keep your eye peeled;
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70 |
Watch
out to windward,
Or you’ll miss the fun,
Down by the acre
Where the wheat-waves run;
Keep your eye peeled |
75 |
For
the open field.
Moon, Mr. Moon,
When you comin’ down?
O Mr. Moon,
There’s not much time!
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80 |
Hurry,
if you’re comin’,
You lazy old bones!
You can sleep to-morrow
While the Buzbuz drones;
There’s not much time |
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Till
the church bells chime.
Moon, Mr. Moon,
When you comin’ down?
O Mr. Moon,
Just see the clover!
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90 |
Soon
we’ll be going
Where the Gray Goose went
When all her money
Was spent, spent, spent!
Down through the clover, |
95 |
When
the revel’s over!
Moon, Mr. Moon,
When you comin’ down?
O Moon, Mr. Moon,
When you comin’ down?
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100 |
Down
where the Good Folk
Dance in a ring,
Down where the Little Folk
Sing?
Moon, Mr. Moon, |
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you comin’ down? |
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