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We were very tired, we were very merry -- / We had gone back and forth all night on the ferry.
It was bare and bright, and smelled like a stable -- / But we looked into a fire, we leaned across a table, / We lay on a hill-top underneath the moon; / And the whistles kept blowing, and the dawn came soon.
We were very tired, we were very merry -- / 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, / 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 pears, / And we gave her all our money but our subway fares.