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12 Conservative ,
Wticn the Sweet Snp Drlpn ,
Once more they're making ready for the
drip , drip , drip
Of the sugary sap that trickles from the
bare limbed maple trees ;
Ere long the farmer boys'll turn ihe bucKets -
ets up and sip
The nectar Nature gives to thejn she
wishes most to please.
I can see the wood smoke curling ,
I can hear the brook that's purling
Past the sugar house that's standing on
the little grassy knoll ;
In my fancy I can hear
The first robin singing near ,
And on old , delightful longing takes pos
session of my soul.
Ah , those were happy mornings when the
old mare dragged the sled ,
With the barrel standing on it , where
the leaves lay thick and wet ,
When the clear drops fell from branches
lightly swaying overhead
And I whistled out so loudly that the
tunes may echo yet !
How I slopped the sap around
On myself and on the ground ,
How the barrel used to teeter as the old
sled bumped along !
Oh , I wonder where the mare Is.
And I wonder If out there is
Still some bo.\ who gathers sap and makes
the woods ring with his song !
My brother , do you ever In your fancy
seem to see
The wet snow on the bushes where we
crossed the little stream ?
Do you ever hear the simmer of the
sweets that seemed to be
Bo glad to tender freedom to the vagrant
clouds of steam ?
And the sirup dripped In snow
That was spotless long ago ,
Can you fancy that you taste It as it
ta&ted to you then ?
Oh , to see the embers brightly
Glowing where wo watched them
nightly.
And to hear you playing on your old ac
cordion again !
Once more they hear the music of the
drip , drip , < lrlp ,
Where the pails , propped up on billets.
lean agninst the maple trunks ;
There are marks that wooden runners
leave behind them as they slip
Where the woodland ways are soggy and
the moss comes loose In chunks.
Ah , the soft west winds are blowing ,
And the sap is flowing , flowing.
Where the farmer's boy goes spilling
sweet elixir here and there ;
The bmoke Is drifting blue ,
And the brooks are singing through
The woods wheie once I whistled , full ol
visions that were fair.
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