the dilly song

		one of them is all alone
		and evermore shall be so
		two of them are lily-white
		boys all clothed in green-oh
		three of them are strangers
		o'er the wide world they are rangers
		four it is the dilly hour
		when blooms the gilly flower
		five it is the dilly bird
		that's seldom seen but heard
		six it is the ferryman
		the boat o'er the river floats oh
		seven are the seven stars in the sky
		the shining stars be seven-oh
		eight it is the morning break
		then all the world's awake-oh
		nine it is the pale moonshine
		the shining moon is nine-oh
		ten forgives all kinds of sin
		from ten begin again-oh