<p class="tit-song">A PRISONER FOR LIFE <span class="pagenum"><SPAN id="page200" name="page200"></SPAN>(p. 200)</span></p>
<p>Fare you well, green fields,<br/>
Soft meadows, adieu!<br/>
Rocks and mountains,<br/>
I depart from you;<br/>
Nevermore shall my eyes<br/>
By your beauties be blest,<br/>
Nevermore shall you soothe<br/>
My sad bosom to rest.</p>
<p>Farewell, little birdies,<br/>
That fly in the sky,<br/>
You fly all day long<br/>
And sing your troubles by;<br/>
I am doomed to this cell,<br/>
I heave a deep sigh;<br/>
My heart sinks within me,<br/>
In anguish I die.</p>
<p>Fare you well, little fishes,<br/>
That glides through the sea,<br/>
Your life's all sunshine,<br/>
All light, and all glee;<br/>
Nevermore shall I watch<br/>
Your skill in the wave,<br/>
I'll depart from all friends<br/>
This side of the grave.</p>
<p>What <span class="pagenum"><SPAN id="page201" name="page201"></SPAN>(p. 201)</span> would I give<br/>
Such freedom to share,<br/>
To roam at my ease<br/>
And breathe the fresh air;<br/>
I would roam through the cities,<br/>
Through village and dell,<br/>
But I never would return<br/>
To my cold prison cell.</p>
<p>What's life without liberty?<br/>
I ofttimes have said,<br/>
Of a poor troubled mind<br/>
That's always in dread;<br/>
No sun, moon, and stars<br/>
Can on me now shine,<br/>
No change in my danger<br/>
From daylight till dawn.</p>
<p>Fare you well, kind friends,<br/>
I am willing to own,<br/>
Such a wild outcast<br/>
Never was known;<br/>
I'm the downfall of my family,<br/>
My children, my wife;<br/>
God pity and pardon<br/>
The poor prisoner for life.</p>
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