The Rivals

I heard a bird at dawn

Singing sweetly on a tree,

That the dew was on the lawn,

And the wind was on the lea;

But I didn’t listen to him,

For he didn’t sing to me.

I didn’t listen to him,

For he didn’t sing to me

That the dew was on the lawn,

And the wind was on the lea;

I was singing at the time.

Just as prettily as he!

I was singing all the time,

Just as prettily as he,

About the dew upon the lawn,

And the wind upon the lea;

So I didn’t listen to him

As he sang upon a tree!