"A wondrous youth of lovely mien

Rich gifts of joy is strewing;

O'er hill and vale, where'er are seen

His footsteps, light is glowing.

The fresh young green decks hill and lea,

The birds are singing merrily,

While falls in gentle showers

A rain of snow-white flowers.

So in the woods we sing and shout,

Heigh-tralala loud ringing;