On Thick Ice



Give to me the life I love
Let the lave go by me
Give the jolly heaven above
There's the life for a man like me
There's the life forever
Forever

Let the blow fall soon or late
Let what will be o'er me
Give the face of earth around
All I seek, the heaven above
And the road below me
Below me

Or let the autumn fall on me
Where afield I linger
Silencing the bird on the tree
Biting the blue finger

White as meal the frosty field
Warm the fireside haven
Not to autumn will I yield
Not to winter even

Let the blow fall soon or late
Let what will be o'er me
Give the face of earth around
And the road before me

Wealth I ask not, hope nor love
Nor a friend to know me
All I ask, the heaven above
And the road below me

Give to me the life I love
Let the lave go by me
Give the jolly heaven above
And the byway nigh me

Let the blow fall soon or late
Let what will be o'er me
Give the face of earth around
And the road before me

On thick ice, I stand

White as meal the frosty field
Warm the fireside haven
Not to autumn will I yield
Not to winter even

Bed in the bush with stars to see
Bread I dip in the river
There's the life for a man like me
There's the life forever

On thick ice