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H. F. S. [Music]
1. The golden sun is shining bright, / The dew is off the field; / To us it is our main delight, / The fork and rake to wield. / The pipe and tabor both shall play, / The viols loudly ring, / From morn till eve each summer day, / As we go hay-making. / CHORUS: The pipe and tabor, &c.
2. As we my boys hay-making go, / All in the month of June, / Both Tom and Bet, and Jess and Joe / Their happy hearts in tune. / O up come lusty Jack and Will, / With pitchfork and with rake, / And up come dainty Doll and Jill, / The sweet, sweet hay to make. / CHORUS: The pipe and tabor, &c.
3. O when the haysel all is done, / Then in the arish grass, / The lads shall have their fill of fun, / Each dancing with his lass. / The good old farmer and his wife, / Shall bring the best of cheer, / I would it were, aye, odds my life! / Hay-making all the year. / CHORUS: The pipe and tabor, &c.