The Will O' The Wisp

Where the snake lurks in the tangled grass, By the slippery brink of the dank morass, Merrily O! Merrily O! I light my lamp, and forth I go! And to lure astray the lated wight, I shine all night in the swampy hollows, Merrily O! Merrily O! Wailing and woe to the fool who follows! O! Love and Friendship and I make three, We roam together in company! Merrily O! Merrily O! We light our lamps, and forth we go! Friendship showeth a steady ray, But its dupes ne'er dream that its heart is hollow, Merrily O! Merrily O! Wailing and woe to the fools who follow! O! Love indeed hath a fairer gleam; What is so bright as her first fond dream? Merrily O! Merrily O! We light our lamps, and forth we go! An early blight if that love be true, A broken heart if that love be hollow! Merrily O! Merrily O! Wailing and woe to the fools who follow!