Joseph Skipsey

Away to the Well

AWAY to the well lilted Annie;
   Away with her skiel to the well;
Away to the well whistled Johnnie,
   The pride and delight of the dell.
 
Sweet, sweet is the well; but ah, sweeter,
   The words of the silver-tongued elf;
And I counsel the youth who shall meet her,
   To keep a strict guard on himself.
 
Deep, deep is the well; but ah, deeper,
   The guile of the silver-tongued elf;
And the laugher she’ll turn to a weeper,
   Unless he look well to himself.
 
’Twas thus proved the mortal to Johnnie;
   Lo, pale, now, he wanders the dell;
Pale, pale with the potion that Annie
   Had caused him to drink at the well.
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