Dugald MacTaggart (2)/I have parks, I have grounds

THE GIRL OF MY HEART.

⁠I have parks, I have grounds,
⁠I have deer, I have hounds,
And for sporting a neat little cottage,
⁠I have youth, I have wealth,
⁠I have strength, I have health,
Yet I mope like a beau in his dotage.
What can I want?-'Tis the girl of my heart,
⁠To share those treasures with me,
For had I the wealth which the Indies impart,
⁠No pleasure would it give me,
Without the lovely girl of my heart.
The sweet lovely girl of my heart.

⁠My domain far extends,
⁠And sustains social friends,
Who make music divinely enchanting;
⁠We have balls, we have plays,
⁠We have routs, public days
And yet still I find something is wanting;
What should it be, but the girl of my heart,
⁠To share those treasures with me!
For had I the wealth which the Indies impart,
⁠No pleasure it would give me,
Without the lovely girl of my heart.
Then give me the girl of my heart.

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