The Spring Glee-Bob Cooper/Ron Copper

[ti:The Spring Glee] [ar:Bob Cooper] [al:English Shepherd and Farming Songs] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Spring Glee - Bob Cooper/Ron Copper [00:01.10]When Spring comes on the birds do sing [00:05.10]The lambs do skip and the bells do ring [00:08.94]While we enjoy their glorious charm [00:13.70]So noble and so gay [00:17.28]The primrose blooms and the cowslip too [00:23.88]The violets in their sweet retire [00:27.34]The roses shining through the briar [00:31.61]And the daffa-down dillys which we admire [00:36.35]Will die and fade away [00:40.33] [00:41.06]Young men end maidens will be seen [00:44.91]On mountains high and meadows green; [00:48.99] [00:49.58]They will talk of love and sport and play [00:53.31]While these young lambs do skip away [00:57.50]At night they'll homeward wand their way [01:02.09]When evening stars appear [01:06.01]The primrose blooms and the cowslip too [01:12.39]The violets in their sweet retire [01:15.92]The roses shining through the briar [01:20.04]And the daffa-down dillys which we admire [01:24.81]Will die and fade away [01:28.93] [01:29.92]The dairymaid to milking goes [01:33.84]Her blooming cheeks as red as a rose [01:37.16] [01:37.79]She carries her pail all on her arm [01:42.03]So cheerful and so gay [01:45.75]She milks she sings [01:49.05]And the valleys ring [01:52.33]The small birds on the branches there [01:55.90]Sit listening to this lovely fair; [01:59.73]She is her master's trust and care [02:04.29]She is the ploughman's joy [02:07.62] [02:08.40]The primrose blooms and the cowslip too [02:14.82]The violets in their sweet retire [02:18.41]The roses shining through the briar [02:22.72]And the daffa-down dillys which we admire [02:27.50]Will die and fade away