We were very tired, we were very merry%u2014 We had gone back and forth all night on the ferry. It was bare and bright, and smelled like a stable%u2014 But we looked into a fire, we leaned across a table, We lay on a hilltop underneath the moon; And the whistles kept blowing, and the dawn came soon.
We were very tired, we were very merry%u2014 We had gone back and forth all night on the ferry; And you ate an apple, and I ate a pear, From a dozen of each we had bought somewhere; And the sky went wan, and the wind came cold, And the sun rose dripping, a bucketful of gold.
We were very tired, we were very merry%u2014 We had gone back and forth all night on the ferry. We hailed, “Good morrow, mother!” to a shawl-covered head, And bought a morning paper, which neither of us read; And she wept, “God bless you!” for the apples and the pears, And we gave her all our money but our subway fares.
