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Rh From As You Like It.

was a lover and his lass,

With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino,

That o'er the green corn-field did pass

In 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

In spring-time, &c.

This carol they began that hour,

With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino,

How that a life was but a flower

In spring-time, &c.

And therefore take the present time,

With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino.

For love is crowned with the prime

In spring-time, &c.