Poems (Cook)/The Fisher Boy jollily lives

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by Eliza Cook
The Fisher Boy jollily lives
4453878Poems — The Fisher Boy jollily livesEliza Cook
THE FISHER BOY JOLLILY LIVES.
Merrily oh! merrily oh!
The nets are spread out to the sun:
Merrily oh the Fisher Boy sings,
Right glad that his labour is done.
Happy and gay, with his boat in the bay,
The storm and the danger forgot;
The wealthy and great might repine at their state,
And envy the Fisher Boy's lot.
Merrily oh merrily oh!
This is the burden he gives:
"Cheerily oh! though the blast may blow,
The Fisher Boy jollily lives."

Merrily oh merrily oh!
He sleeps till the morning breaks;
Merrily oh at the seagull's scream
The Fisher Boy quickly awakes.
Down on the strand he is plying his hand,
His shouting is heard again;
The clouds are dark, but he springs to his bark
With the same light-hearted strain.
Merrily oh merrily oh!
This is the burden he gives;
"Cheerily oh! though the blast may blow,
The Fisher Boy jollily lives."