Henry, A Frontier Song (frontiersong)

Let statesmen tread their giddy round L-EH-T S-T-EY-T-S-M-IH-N T-R-EH-D DH-EH-R G-IH-D-IY R-AW-N-D Undoing and undone , AH-N-D-UW-IH-NG AH-N-D AH-N-D-AH-N I hug my cell where still is found AY HH-AH-G M-AY S-EH-L W-EH-R S-T-IH-L IH-Z F-AW-N-D My puppy squaw and gun . M-AY P-AH-P-IY S-K-W-AA AH-N-D G-AH-N Let the gay Beau and tinsel'd Belle L-EH-T DH-AH G-EY B-OW AH-N-D T-IH-N-S-AH-L-D B-EH-L In pleasure's circle run , IH-N P-L-EH-ZH-ER-Z S-ER-K-AH-L R-AH-N My happiness their joys excel M-AY HH-AE-P-IY-N-AH-S DH-EH-R JH-OY-Z IH-K-S-EH-L My puppy squaw & gun . M-AY P-AH-P-IY S-K-W-AA AH-N-D G-AH-N When forests nod , and lakes expand W-EH-N F-AO-R-AH-S-T-S N-AA-D AH-N-D L-EY-K-S IH-K-S-P-AE-N-D And foaming cat'racts stun AH-N-D F-OW-M-IH-NG K-AE-T-R-AE-K-S S-T-AH-N I've fix'd my home : on either hand AY-V F-IH-K-S-T M-AY HH-OW-M AA-N IY-DH-ER HH-AE-N-D My puppy squaw & gun . M-AY P-AH-P-IY S-K-W-AA AH-N-D G-AH-N Ambition's path , the miser's road AE-M-B-IH-SH-AH-N-Z P-AE-TH DH-AH M-AY-Z-ER-Z R-OW-D The legal maze I shun ; DH-AH L-IY-G-AH-L M-EY-Z AY SH-AH-N But cling to my belov'd abode B-AH-T K-L-IH-NG T-UW M-AY B-IH-L-AH-V-D AH-B-OW-D My puppy squaw & gun . M-AY P-AH-P-IY S-K-W-AA AH-N-D G-AH-N