I saw a lover and his lass With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino! That o'er the green corn-field did pass With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino! In the Spring time, the only pretty ring time When birds do sing, hey ding a ding, ding Sweet lovers love the Spring Between the acres of the rye With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino! These pretty country folks would lie With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino! (To) This carol they began that hour With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino! How that life was but a flower With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino! (To) And therefore take the present time With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino! For love is crownèd with the prime With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino! In Spring time, the only pretty ring time When birds do sing, hey ding a ding, ding Sweet lovers love the Spring