1. To Daffodils; 2. The Succession of the Four Sweet Months; 3. Marsh Flowers; 4. The Evening Primrose;
5. Ballad of Green Broom Months
5. There was an old man
liv'd out in the wood,
and his trade was acutting of Broom.
He had but one son
without thought good
who lay in his bed till
t'was noon, bright noon
The old man awoke one morning and spoke.
He swore he would fire the room,
if his John would not rise
and open his eyes,
and away to the wood to cut Broom
So Johnny arose and slipp'd on his clothes
and away to the wood to cut Broom.
He sharpen'd his knives,
and for once he contrives
to cut a great bundle of Broom.
When Jonny pass'd under
a Lady's fine house,
she call'd to her maid:
"Go fetch my the boy
that sells Broom."
When Johnny came in
to the Lady's fine house,
and stood in the Lady's fine room,
"Young Johnny" she said,
"Will you give up your trade
and marry a Lady in full bloom?"
Johnny gave his consent
and to the church they both went,
and he wedded the Lady in full bloom;
At market and fair,
all folks do declare,
there's none like the boy
that sold Broom.
