I’ll climb the mountain tops,
‡‡ And there I’ll gauge the weather;
I’ll wrench the rainbow from the clouds,
‡‡ And tie both ends together.
Source: Table Rock Album and Sketches of the Falls and Scenery Adjacent. Buffalo: Steam Press of Thomas and Lathrops, copyright by Jewett, Thomas & Co.,1856c.1848
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