There sits a bird on every tree; Sing heigh-ho! There sits a bird on every tree, And courts his love as I do thee; Sing heigh-ho, and heigh-ho! Young maids must marry. There grows a flower on every bough; Sing heigh-ho! There grows a flower on every bough, Its petals kiss -- I'll show you how: Sing heigh-ho, and heigh-ho! Young maids must marry. From sea to stream the salmon roam; Sing heigh-ho! From sea to stream the salmon roam; Each finds a mate, and leads her home; Sing heigh-ho, and heigh-ho! Young maids must marry. The sun's a bridegroom, earth a bride; Sing heigh-ho! They court from morn till eventide: The earth shall pass, but love abide. Sing heigh-ho, and heigh-ho! Young maids must marry.
Nine songs
Song Cycle by Joseph Williams (1847 - 1923), as Florian Pascal
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Language: English
Text Authorship:
- by Charles Kingsley (1819 - 1875), "Sing Heigh-Ho!", written 1847, appears in Andromeda and Other Poems, first published 1858
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