“Ilka Blade o' Grass Keps Its Ain Drap o' Dew”

Description

"What is't that gars ye hang your heid and quit the cheery sun?" The depressed listener is urged to cheer up; troubles are certain but can be overcome, and there is a place for everything: "Ilka blade o' grass keps its ain drap o' dew."

Broadsides

• NLScotland, R.B.m.143(128), "Ilka Blade o' Grass Keps Its Ain Drap o' Dew," Poet's Box (Dundee), c. 1890

References

1. Ord, p. 385, "Ilka Blade o' Grass Keps Its Ain Drap o' Dew" (1 text)
2. Roud #5612
3. BI, Ord385