IT WAS A LOVER

It was a Lover, and his lasse,

With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino,

That ore the greene corne-field did passe,

In spring time, the onely pretty ring time,

When Birds do sing, hey ding a ding, ding:

Sweet Lovers love the spring.

Between the acres of the Rie,

With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino,

These prettie Country folks would lie,

In spring time, the onely pretty ring time,

When Birds do sing, hey ding a ding, ding:

Sweet Lovers love the spring.

This Carroll they began that houre,

With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino,

How that a life was but a Flower,

In spring time, the only pretty ring time,

When Birds do sing, hey ding a ding, ding:

Sweet Lovers love the spring.

And therefore take the present time,

With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino;

For love is crownèd with the prime

In spring time, the only pretty ring time,

When birds do sing, hey ding a ding, ding:

Sweet lovers love the spring.

William Shakespeare

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