When I was a lad, I was so glad
With my fork and a bottle and a cork
To help out in the haytime
Till one fine day in the month of May
And I said, my dear, are you often here?
She said, yes, sir, twice a day.
Well, we had such fun in the summer sun
Lucy was so thrilling, so sweet and pure
But I wasn't sure if that girl was willing
Till one fine day among the hay
Then she upped and slipped
And I went there twice daily.
Dither um -dil -dee, dither um -dil -da,
Rum -da -doo -da -ran -dee,
Dither Idle -dee, dither Idle -da,
He chased me down to the hay barn
The time has come to pay now,
The old one said as he waved
If you don't, said, where I put the lead,
You won't sit there twice daily
Diddle -rum -diddle -dee,
Rum -da -doo -doo -ran -dee
Diddle -ride -le -dee, diddle -ride -le -da
Ride -le -dee twice daily
So the very next day, in the month of May,
and we paid off the vicar
or out to church on the pony.
To Lucy's joy we had a boy,
He was round and fat as a Cheshire
Diddle -rumble -dee, diddle -rumble -da
Diddle -riddle -dee, diddle -riddle -da
A -riddle -dee twice daily
Well, now we're old, our stories told
Though we often stray among the hay
In that old -time summer weather
Kids, we've got ten or more
I still go there twice daily
de de ride -a -da ride -a -dee