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,