Chorus
I like to rise when the sun she rises, early in the morning
And I like to hear them small birds singing merrily upon their layland
And hurrah for the life of a country boy
And to ramble in the new mown hay
In spring
we sow at the harvest mow
And that is how the seasons round they go
But of all the times choose I may
I'd be rambling through the new mown hay
In summer when
the summer is hot
We sing, and we dance, and we drink a lot
We spend all night in sport and play
And go rambling in the new mown hay
In autumn when
the oak trees turn
We gather all the wood that's fit to burn
We cut and stash and stow away
And go rambling in the new mown hay
In winter when
the sky's gray
we hedge and ditch our times away
but in summer when the sun shines gay
We go ramblin' through the new mown hay
I like to hear
the Morris dancers
Clash their sticks and drink our ale
I like to hear those bells a-ringing
As we ramble in the new mown hay
Oh Nancy is
my darling gay
And she blooms like the flowers every day
But I love her best in the month of May
When we're rambling through the new mown hay
Words
from the singing of Broadwood Morris man Bob
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