Padstow Paroles

for summer is a-comin today.
they might have built a ship and guilded it with gold
in the merry morning of may.

the young women of padstow, they might if they would,
for summer is a-comin today.
they might have built a garland with the white rose and the red
in the merry morning of may.

rise up, mrs johnson, all in your gown of green
for summer is a-comin today.
you are as fine a lady as waits upon the queen
in the merry morning of may.

oh where is king george? oh where is he-o?
he's out in his longboat, all on the salt sea-o.
up flies the kite, down falls the lark-o.
aunt ursula birdhood, she has an old ewe,
and she died in her own park-o.

oh where are the young men that now do advance
for summer is a-comin today.
some they are in england and some they are in france
in the merry morning of may.