I have been rambling, wand'ring
Out in the forest today
I have caught the breath of the zephyr,
As it floated blithe and [gay]
Turning the bright leaves to and fro
Playing coquette with the flowers, I trow
Lifting the curls from my weary brow,
Now here, then far away.

La, la, la, la....


And I come with a few pale flowers
From the scenes that I thought sublime
While my heart is full of the music
I have caught from the warbler []
Thanking our Father for flowers and trees
Dark were the world were it not for these
Lessons of life they are teaching me,
In this beautiful autumn time.

La, la, la, la...