Let Us Garlands Bring, Op. 18 - V. It was a lover and his lass - Bryn Terfel/Malcolm Martineau

It was a lover and his lass

With a hey and a ho and a hey nonino

That o'er the green cornfield did pass

In springtime the only pretty ring time

When birds do sing hey ding a ding ding

Sweet lovers love the spring

Between the acres of the rye

With a hey and a ho and a hey nonino

Those pretty country folks would lie

In springtime the only pretty ring time

When birds do sing hey ding a ding ding

Sweet lovers love the spring

This carol they began that hour

With a hey and a ho and a hey nonino

How that a life was but a flower

In springtime 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 springtime the only pretty ring time

When birds do sing hey ding a ding ding

Sweet lovers love the spring