Two Songs

by John Theodore Livingston Raynor (1909 - 1970)

1. Chopcherry
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
When as the rye reach to the chin,
And chop-cherry, chop-cherry ripe within,
Strawberries swimming in the cream,
And schoolboys playing in the stream;
Then, O, then O then O, my true love said,
Till that time come again 
She could not live a maid!

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2. Harvester's Song  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English 
All ye that lovely lovers be
Pray you for me:
Lo here we come a-sowing, a-sowing,
And sow sweet fruits of love;
In your sweet hearts well may it prove!
Lo here we come a-reaping, a-reaping,
To reap our harvest fruit!
And thus we pass the year so long,
And never be we mute.

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