I Hoed and trenched and weeded
I Hoed and trenched and weeded,And took the flowers to fair:I brought them home unheeded;The hue was not the wear.
So up and down I sow themFor lads like me to find,When I shall lie below them,A dead man out of mind.
Some seed the birds devour,And some the season mars,But here and there will flowerThe solitary stars,
And fields will yearly bear themAs light-leaved spring comes on,And luckless lads will wear themWhen I am dead and gone.
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