I, she I am a girl, she is a la** As took a graidly fancy to thee Dost tha' fear? Tha' mun not fear She's took thee on for like to vex thee Now to the soart, now to the soart She knows fair well, she mun not fright thee Canna tha' show me? Fair better to know her Show me the key, show her the key She's a la** and tha' art right She needs a spot where she can rest in I mun sit where I'll not be So thinkin' thoughts or feel a guest in Now to the soart, now to the soart She'd fair be watching for the spring I'll not be climbin' up I'll only be callin', "Good morning" And fair low I'll sing Well done, Mary I'll only walk around Just like to see it for myself If tha' canst 'low me visit I'll speak low e'en to thyself Tha'll not be bothered night and day By wenches racing 'round I'll but seem a silent dream Standin' on the secret ground I'd but smell the growing things Count the roses 'gainst the wall Hear thy babes when first they peck
Stretch my hands if they should fall Or if tha' likes, I'll bring thee seeds Or worms all in a mound For tha'll have me for a friend Tha'll be the first I found I'm a la**, a trusty la** That took a graidly fancy to thee Canna tha' show me? Fair well tha' dost know her Show me tha' key Show her tha' key Well, I'm off then But where you going? Oh, I can't say But I'll see the tomorrow, sure enough And if you need me before then Well, now that you and Robin is talkin' He always knows where I am But can't him look for the key? Oh, but that's why I'm leavin' Mary A body can't find a thing in a crowd Alright then, bye And you'll be here to see it Stand and breathe it all the day Stoop and feel it, stop and hear it Spring, I say Oh no, look at, what was that? Where did it, here it is, it's the key It's the key to the garden I found the key to the garden It was right here The door, but where's the door? Mary Lennox, coming