"I heard a bird at dawn"

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 a 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.