WHEN SPRINGTIME COMES (When Spring Comes In)

1. When Springtime comes the birds do sing
The lambs do play and the bells do ring
The primrose blows
And the cowslips too
The voilets in their sweet retire
The roses shinin' through the bri'r
And the daffydils which we admi-er
Soon dies and fades away

2. On mountains 'igh an' meadows green
Young men and maidens may be seen
Through woods an' groves
They take their way
They walk about and sport and say
The little lambs do round us play
And t'ards 'ome we bend our way
When the evenin' star appears

3. Our dairymaid to milkin' goes
With 'er bloomin' cheeks as red 's a rose
She milks she sings
Makes the valleys ring
The small birds on their branches there
Are listening to this maiden fair
For she is 'er master's trust and care
She is the ploughboys joy

Roud Number 439

From the Plunkett Collection
Collected by Melvin Plunkett between 1957 and 1960 in Sussex