Sing Heigh-Ho!

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.

Eversley, 1847.