He Counts The Cost

The tintinnabulation of the bells A very coutradict'ry story tells. To the llv'ryman 'tis Joj Bom of gold without alloy Tlmt's jingled in the jaugle of the bells. The merry maid with rapture hears the sound, The sleigh constructor's suited to the ground, But the youth who is engaged Is by tiukling bells euraged. And curses their gay music, we'U be bound.