Cold aeroplanes, slow boats, warm trains Remind me of jack-a-lynn. Lush hotels and pretty girls Won't cheer the misty mood I'm in. Silly, sad --- I've never had to write this before --- Oh, jack-a-lynn.
Funny how long nights allow Thoughts of jack-a-lynn. When phantoms tread around my bed To offer restless dreams they bring. And it's just the time and place to find A sad song to play For jack-a-lynn.
Magpies that shriek, old boots that leak Call me to jack-a-lynn. Coal-black cats in policeman's hats Nosing where the mice have been. And the long miaow's beginning now And I'm far, far from home --- And jack-a-lynn.
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