Steeleye Span

The Lark In The Morning

Steeleye Span


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[Verse]
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Lay still my fond shepherd and don't you rise yet, it's a fine dewy morning and besides, my love, it is wet
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Oh let it be wet my love and ever so cold, I will rise my fond Floro and away to my fold
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Oh no, my bright Floro, it is no such thing, it's a bright sun a-shining and the lark is on the wing


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[Verse]
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Oh The Lark In The Morning she rises from her nest and she mounts in the air with the dew on her breast
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And like the pretty ploughboy she'll whistle and sing, and at night she will return to her own nest again


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[Verse]
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When the ploughboy is done all he's got for to do, he trips down to the meadow where the grass is all cut down
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Oh The Lark In The Morning she rises from her nest and she mounts in the air with the dew on her breast
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And like the pretty ploughboy she'll whistle and sing, and at night she will return to her own nest again


[Instrumental]
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