SONGS for CHILDREN, SONG XXVII

See the jolly train are reaping Yellow sheaves in order plac'd; Harvest home they'll soon be keeping, And the best of cheer shall taste.

Those that labour to content ye, Happily for you and me; Well deserve to feast in plenty, As they do you'll plainly see.

Summer's blessings are delighting, Then good children in the fields. View the season all delighting, Taste the cherries, plumbs, it yields.

Now the year is growing riper, Peaches, apples, pears we find; Merrily now plays the piper, While the corn the reapers bind.

Charley, Billy, Polly, Hetty, View the season with a smile; Heav'n be sure will never let ye Want, while these for you shall toil.

One reaps quick, the other binds it, When well thrash'd, on floors 'tis laid; Then the jolly miller grinds it, And it makes our daily bread.