Don't you go a-rushing, maids in May Don't you go a-rushing, maids I say For if you go a-rushing They're sure to get you blushing And steal your rushes away I went a-rushing, it was in May I went a-rushing, maids I say I went a-rushing They caught me a-blushing And stole my rushes away He promised me a chicken without any bone He promised me a cherry without any stone He promised me a ring that has no rim He promised me a babe with no squalling Don't you go a-rushing, maids in May Don't you go a-rushing, maids I say For if you go a-rushing They're sure to get you blushing And steal your rushes away How can you have a chicken without any bone? How can there be a cherry without any stone? How can there be a ring that rim without any rim? How can there be a babe with no squalling? Don't you go a-rushing, maids in May Don't you go a-rushing, maids I say For if you go a-rushing They're sure to get you blushing And steal your rushes away When the chicken's in the egg it has no bone When the cherry's blooming it has no stone When the ring is melting it has no rim When the babe's in the making there's no squalling Don't you go a-rushing, maids in May Don't you go a-rushing, maids I say For if you go a-rushing They're sure to get you blushing And steal your rushes away