Key: C major
Verse 1
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the nightingales are singing
The larks they go ringing,
their notes up in the air
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Small birds and turtledoves
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on every bower building
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The sun is just a -glimmering,
arise my dear
Bait, hog, bait, hog, bait,
hog, bait, hog, bait
Rise up my fair one
and pick your lover posy
It is the fairest flower
that ever my eyes did see
It's I will pick you roses,
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both lily white, pink sunroses
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So early in the morning,
before break of day
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La -may -dee, la -may -dee
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You are a lovely creature
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You are the fairest flowering
That ever my eyes did see
I'll play my love a tune,
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There's none so fair a flower
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as the one I adore
I'll play my lava tune
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So early in the morning
Before break of day
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