x
Hey, ho! what shall I say?
A rogue hath sto-len my purse a-way;
It was gone e'er I wist, On-ly now it is miss'd;
Hey trol-ly, lol-ly, lol-ly, Come a-gain, ho!
x
As I was walk-ing,
In a May morn-ing,
I heard a bird sing
Cuc-koo!
The hart, he loves the high wood,
The hare, he loves the hill,
The knight, he loves his bright sword,
The la-dy loves her will.
x
Now, when the sum-mer's fruits are past,
The long ex-pec-ted har-vest comes at the last,
Stack'd is the sweet hay, the clo-ver is mown,
The gol-den grain needs all the la-bor a-lone;
Now, mer-ry reap-ers, ply the sic-kle all,
Down at each stroke the ripe ears fall.
The great bells of Os-ney,
They ring, they ring, they ring, they ring,
The te-nor of them goes mer-ri-ly
The lark, lin-net, and night-in-gale,
To sing, some say, are best;
Yet mer-ry, mer-ri-ly sings lit-tle ro-bin,
Pret-ty ro-bin with the red breast.
What shall he have that kill'd the deer?
His lea-ther skin and horns to wear;
Take thou no scorn to wear the horn,
It was a crest ere thou wast born;
The fa-ther's fa-ther bore it,
And thy fa-ther wore it;
The horn, the horn, the lus-ty horn,
Is not a thing to laugh to scorn
Sum-er is i-cum-en in, Lhu-de sing Cuc-cu! - - - -
Grow-eth sed, and blow-eth med, and spring-eth w-de nu. - - -
Sing Cuc-cu!
Aw-e blet-eth af-ter lombe,
Lhouth af-ter cal-ve cu;
Bul-luc ster-teth, buc-ke ver-teth
Mur-ie sing Cuc-cu, Cuc-cu, Cuc-cu!
Wel sing-es thu Cuc-cu,
Ne swik thu ne-ver nu.
x
Hark! hark! hark! how the woods do ring,
With the hun-ter's hal-loo, with the hun-ter's hal-loo,
and the cry that they fol-low, that they fol-low.
O this is mu-sic this is mu-sic for a king!
Hey, ho! to the green-wood now let us go, Sing heave and ho!
And there shall we find both buck and doe, Sing heave and ho!
The hart and hind and the lit-tle pret-ty roe, Sing heave and ho!
Hey, ho! to the green-wood now
x
Now than-ked be the great god Pan,
Who thus pre-serves my lov-ed life,
And than-ked be I that keep a man,
Who end-ed hath this bloo-dy strife;
But if my man must prai-ses have,
What then must I that keep the knave?
x
Come, mer-ry men, fol-low, hark, to the hol-low, Cheer-ly does the horn blow;
The dogs pur-sue, the game's in view; A hunt-ing, hunt-ing, hunt-ing, hunt-ing;
A hunt-ing, hunt-ing, hunt-ing, hunt-ing thus we go.
x
Come, fol-low, fol-low me, Come, fol-low, fol-low me,
And we will to the green-wood go, With mirth and mer-ry glee.
The wav-ing trees are green, And fresh as e'er were seen;
The woods shall ring while we will sing, for mer-ry we will be.
The wan-ton birds re-joice; Let's add to their notes our voice,
And mer-ri-ly, mer-ri-ly troll, With heart and with soul, sweet me-lo-dy.
Ban-bu-ry ale, Where, where, where?
At the black-smith's house, I would I were there.
x
Heave and ho, rum-be-low,
Row the boat, Nor-man row,
Row to thy le-man.
Heave and ho, rum-be-low,
Row the boat, Nor-man row,
Row to thy le-man.
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