| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895. |
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| A Canadian Folk-Song |
| | | William Wilfred Campbell (1861–1918) |
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| THE DOORS are shut, the windows fast, | |
| Outside the gust is driving past, | |
| Outside the shivering ivy clings, | |
| While on the hob the kettle sings. | |
| Margery, Margery, make the tea, | 5 |
| Singeth the kettle merrily. | |
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| The streams are hushed up where they flowed, | |
| The ponds are frozen along the road, | |
| The cattle are housed in shed and byre | |
| While singeth the kettle on the fire. | 10 |
| Margery, Margery, make the tea, | |
| Singeth the kettle merrily. | |
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| The fisherman on the bay in his boat | |
| Shivers and buttons up his coat; | |
| The traveller stops at the tavern door, | 15 |
| And the kettle answers the chimney’s roar. | |
| Margery, Margery, make the tea, | |
| Singeth the kettle merrily. | |
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| The firelight dances upon the wall, | |
| Footsteps are heard in the outer hall, | 20 |
| And a kiss and a welcome that fill the room, | |
| And the kettle sings in the glimmer and gloom. | |
| Margery, Margery, make the tea, | |
| Singeth the kettle merrily. | |
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