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Hi and whoop-hooray, boys!
Sing a song of cheer!
Here's a holiday, boys, / Lasting half a year!
Round the world, and half is / Shadow we have tried; / Now we're where the laugh is, -- / On the sunny side!
Pigeons coo and mutter, / Strutting high aloof / Where the sunbeans flutter / Through the stable roof.
Hear the chickens cheep, boys, / And the hen with pride / Clucking them to sleep, boys, / On the sunny side!
Hear the clacking guinea; / Hear the cattle moo; / Hear the horses whinny, / Looking out at you!
On the hitching-block, boys, / Grandly satisfied, / See the old peacock, boys, / On the sunny side!
Robins in the peach-tree; / Bluebirds in the pear; / Blossoms over each tree / In the orchard there!
All the world's in joy, boys, / Glad and glorified / As a romping boy, boys, / On the sunny side!
Where's a heart as mellow?
Where's a soul as free?
Where is any fellow / We would rather be?
Just ourselves or none, boys, / World around and wide, / Laughing in the sun, boys, / On the sunny side!