The Golden Treasury of English Songs and Lyrics/Book 1/Poem 1

by Thomas Nashe

For works with similar titles, see Spring.

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SPRING

Spring, the sweet Spring, is the year’s pleasant king;
Then blooms each thing, then maids dance in a ring,
Cold doth not sting, the pretty birds do sing,
Cuckoo, jug-jug, pu-we, to-witta-woo!

The palm and may make country houses gay,
Lambs frisk and play, the shepherds pipe all day,
And we hear aye birds tune this merry lay,
Cuckoo, jug-jug, pu-we, to-witta-woo.

The fields breathe sweet, the daisies kiss our feet,
Young lovers meet, old wives a sunning sit.
In every street these tunes our ears do greet,
Cuckoo, jug -jug, pu-we, to-witta-woo!
Spring! the sweet Spring
T. Nash