There were three cherry trees once

Grew in a garden all shady;

And there for delight of so gladsome a sight

Walked a most beautiful lady,

Dreamed a most beautiful lady.

Birds in those branches did sing,

Blackbird and throstle and linnet,

But she walking there was by far the most fair—

Lovelier than all else within it,

Blackbird and throstle and linnet.