Merry as We Went

Merry as we went over the borders
My soulful friends and I
Our business in disorder
But our dreams could kiss the sky

I played a silver fiddle
As Jamie banged the drums
Little Casper in the middle
He was old enough to hum

And it was goodbye till the rendezvous
And good to have seen you dears
Fare ye well next time chez nous
And I'll see you around next year

Merry as we went over the ashes
Of friendships gone untold
Jamie held our cashes
And I had her to hold

Little Casper strolled behind us
Still humming for a song
We waited round the corner
But we never saw him come

And it was goodbye till the rendezvous
And good to have seen you dears
Fare ye well next time chez nous
And I'll see you around next year

So I went back around the corner
There was a car ditched in the mud
Little Casper he'd been struck down
His face a pool of blood

Merry as we went over the ashes
Of friendships gone untold
Jamie held our cashes
And I had her to hold

Now it's been a long time since I seen Jamie
My fiddle's on the shelf
The guilt that I am feeling
Well there ain't no tongue can tell

And it was goodbye till the rendezvous
And good to have seen you dears
Fare ye well next time chez nous
And I'll see you around next year