GOLDEN HAIR

GOLDEN HAIR

(from "Chamber Music" by James Joyce, 1907)


Lean out your window, golden hair
I heard you singing in the midnight air
my book is closed, I read no more
watching the fire dance, on the floor
I've left my book, I've left my room

For I heard you singing through the gloom
singing and singing, a merry air
lean out of the window, golden hair