It Was a Lover and His Lass

It was a lover and his lass
With a hey and a ho, and a heynonino!
That o'er the green cornfield did pass
In the springtime, the only pretty ring time,
When birds do sing hey ding a ding:
Sweet lovers love the Spring.

Between the acres of the rye
These pretty country folks would lie:
This carol they began that hour,
How that life was but a flower:

And therefore take the present time
With a hey and a ho, and a heynonino!
For love is crowned with the prime,
In the spring time, the only pretty ring time,
When birds do sing hey ding a ding:
Sweet lovers love the Spring.


-Shakespeare