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SAM.

[Give the call, <LIIo boss," in the diUerent voices.]
A C O U N T R Y boy by the old stone wall.
That keeps tlie meadow and toad apart,
Stands handsome and manly and strong and tall ;

And sturdy is he as the maple tree
That’s by his side. For Sam is young
And his honest heart is as light and free
A s the bird that sings in the summer skies.
Tie looks far off o'er the distant hills,
While a soft light shines in hi in hazel eyes;
And leaning there by the meadow wall,
3He gives tliis sweet, familiar tali :
<( My boss ! ho boss ! ho boss!

Now to manhood grown, and the bells sound sweet
A s the cows come slowly from out the w ood;
And he leaves the wall and hurries to meet
The mi Id-eyed creatures, for they all know
Trie h^nd that strokes them as they pass
Along the road where the daisies grow.
And each one stands by tJie eow-yard bars
Seeming well content with the strong brown
Thai milks them there ’neafch tlie summer stars'
A nd Sam ’s eyes look love as he sings again
The well-remembered, sweet refrain,
if IIo boss ! ho boss ! ho boss! "

T w as a day in June, such as poets love,
There by his .side a fair girl stands,
And the flying clouds in the sky above
Seem to play at forfeits with the .sun.
l.Iow well Sarn knows that a lover’s heart