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Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.

By JohnBennett

1559 Songs from “Master Sky-Lark”

HEY, laddie, hark, to the merry, merry lark;

How high he singeth clear:

Oh, a morn in spring is the sweetest thing

That cometh in all the year!

Oh, a morn in spring is the sweetest thing

That cometh in all the year!

Ring, ting! it is the merry spring-time;

How full of heart a body feels!

Sing hey, trolly lolly, oh, to live is to be jolly,

When spring-time cometh with the summer at her heels!

God bless us all, my jolly gentlemen!

We ’ll merry be to-day;

For the cuckoo sings till the greenwood rings,

And it is the month of May!

For the cuckoo sings till the greenwood rings,

And it is the month of May!

Ring, ting! it is the merry spring-time,

How full of heart a body feels!

Sing hey, trolly lolly, oh, to live is to be jolly,

When spring-time cometh with the summer at her heels!

THE HUNT is up, the hunt is up;

Sing merrily we, the hunt is up!

The wild birds sing,

The dun deer fling,

The forest aisles with music ring!

Tantara, tantara, tantara!

Then ride along, ride along,

Stout and strong!

Farewell to grief and care;

With a rollicking cheer

For the high dun deer

And a life in the open air!

Tantara, the hunt is up, lads;

Tantara, the bugles bray!

Tantara, tantara, tantara,

Hio, hark away!