Rhymes of Northern Bards

Sair Fail’d Hinny

I was young and lusty,
 I was fair and clear;
I was young and lusty,
 Many a long year.
   Sair fail’d hinny,
    Sair fail’d now;
   Sair fail’d hinny,
    Sin’ I kend thou.

When I was young and lusty,
 I could loup a dyke;
But now at five and sixty,
 Cannot do the like.
   Sair fail’d hinny,
    Sair fail’d now,
   Sair fail’d hinny,
    Sin’ I kend thou.

Then said the awd man
 To the oak tree;
Sair fail’d is ’e,
 Sin’ I kend thee.
   Sair fail’d hinny,
    Sair fail’d now;
   Sair fail’d hinny,
    Sin’ I kend thou.