Now is the month of maying,
When merry lads are playing, fa la,
Each with his bonny lass
Upon the greeny grass Fa la

The Spring, clad all in gladness,
Doth laugh at Winter's sadness, fa la,
And to the bagpipe's sound
The nymphs tread out their ground Fa la
Fie then! why sit we musing,
Youth's sweet delight refusing? Fa la
Say, dainty nymphs, and speak,
Shall we play at barley-break? Fa la