OUR FOREST CHORISTERS. 



Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link, 



Spink, spank, spink ; 

 Snug and safe is that nest of ours, 

 Hidden among the summer flowers., 

 Chee, chee, eliee. 



2., Robert of Lincoln is gayly drest, 



Wearing a bright black wedding-coat ; 

 White are his shoulders and white his crest. 

 Hear him call in his merry note : 

 Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link, 

 Spink, spank, spink ; 

 Look, what a nice new coat is mine, 

 Sure there was never a bird so fine. 

 Chee, chee, chee. 



3. Robert of Lincoln's Quaker wife, 



Pretty and quiet, with plain brown wings. 

 Passing at home a patient life, 



Broods in the grass while her husband sings : 

 Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link, 

 Spink, spank, spink ; 

 Brood, kind creature ; you need not fear 

 Thieves and robbers while I am here, 

 Chee, chee, chee. 



1. Modest and shy as a nun is she ; 

 One weak chirp is her only note. 

 Braggart and prince of braggarts is he, 

 Pouring boasts from his little throat : 

 Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link, 

 Spink, spank, spink ; 

 Never was I afraid of man ; 

 Catch me, cowardly knaves, if you can ! 

 Chee, chee, chee. 



