1. It was a lover and his lass
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It was a lover and his lass,
With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino
That o'er the green [corn-field]1 did pass.
In [the]2 spring time, the only pretty ring time,
When birds do sing, hey ding a ding a ding;
Sweet lovers love the spring.
[Between the acres of the rye,
With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino,
These pretty country [folks]3 would lie,
In the spring time, the only pretty ring time,
When birds do sing, hey ding a ding a ding;
Sweet lovers love the spring. ]4
[This carol they began that hour,
With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino,
How that [a life]5 was but a flower
In the spring time, the only pretty ring time,
When birds do sing, hey ding a ding a ding;
Sweet lovers love the spring.]6
[And therefore take the present time]7
[With]8 a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino,
For love is crownéd with the prime
In the spring time, the only pretty ring time,
When birds do sing, hey ding a ding a ding;
Sweet lovers love the spring.
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1 Morley: "cornfields"
2 omitted by Barton, Bush, and Morley, passim.
3 Delius, Dring: "folk"
4 not set by Morley. In Dring and Parry, only first and third lines survive.
5 sometimes "life"?
6 not set by Bush. In Dring and Parry, only first and third lines survive.
7 Barton, Morley : "Then, pretty lovers, take the time"
8 Bush: "And with"
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