` Oh , splendidly , ' said Dan . ` Only afterwards , I think , we went to sleep . it was very hot and quiet . Do n't you remember , Una ? ' Una shook her head and said nothing . ' I see , ' said her father . ` Late -- late in the evening Kilmeny came home , For Kilmeny had been she could not tell where , And Kilmeny had seen what she could not declare . But why are you chewing leaves at your time of life , daughter ? For fun ? ' ` No . It was for something , but I ca n't azactly remember , ' said Una . And neither of them could till -- A TREE SONG Of all the trees that grow so fair , Old England to adorn , Greater are none beneath the Sun , Than Oak , and Ash , and Thorn . Sing Oak , and Ash , and Thorn , good Sirs -LRB- All of a Midsummer morn -RRB- ! Surely we sing no little thing , In Oak , and Ash , and Thorn ! Oak of the Clay lived many a day , Or ever Æneas began ; Ash of the Loam was a lady at home , When Brut was an outlaw man ; Thorn of the Down saw New Troy Town -LRB- From which was London born -RRB- ; Witness hereby the ancientry Of Oak , and Ash , and Thorn ! Yew that is old in churchyard mould , He breedeth a mighty bow ; Alder for shoes do wise men choose , And beech for cups also . But when ye have killed , and your bowl is spilled , And your shoes are clean outworn , Back ye must speed for all that ye need , To Oak and Ash and Thorn ! Ellum she hateth mankind , and waiteth Till every gust be laid , To drop a limb on the head of him That anyway trusts her shade : But whether a lad be sober or sad , Or mellow with ale from the horn , He will take no wrong when he lieth along ` Neath Oak , and Ash , and Thorn ! Oh , do not tell the Priest our plight , Or he would call it a sin ; But -- we have been out in the woods all night , A-conjuring Summer in ! And we bring you news by word of mouth -- Good news for cattle and corn -- Now is the Sun come up from the South , With Oak , and Ash , and Thorn !
Sing Oak , and Ash , and XXXXX , good Sirs -LRB- All of a Midsummer morn -RRB- !
A-conjuring Alder Ellum Kilmeny Priest South Thorn Town ancientry waiteth