The Lark in the morning,
she rises off her nest
Goes up in the air
with a chew all on her breast
Unlike the jolly plowboy,
she whistles and she sings
Comes home in the evening
with a chew all on her wings
Oh, Roger the plowboy,
he is a roving blade
Goes whistling and singing
through yonder long shade
He's met with dark -haired Susan,
she's handsome, I declare
She's far more enticing
than the birds all in the air
He's met with dark -haired Susan,
she's handsome, I declare
And he's bought her rolls of ribbons
for to tie all in her hair
The lark in the morning,
she rises off her nest
Goes up in the air
with the jewel on her breast
And like the jolly plough -boy
she whistles and she sings,
Comes home in the evening
with her jewel on her wings.
As they were coming home
from the wakes of the town,
The meadows being mown
and the grass had been cut down,
And they should chance to stumble
all in the new morn' hay,
And they'd kiss me now and
ever ,
this funny lass did say.
The lock in the morning
she rises off her nest
Goes up in the air
with the jewel on her breast
Unlike the Jolly Plaw Boy
she whistles and she sings
Runs home in the evening
with the jewel on her wings
When twenty long weeks
were over and past
Her mammy asked the reason
why she'd picken round the waist
It was the jolly plough -boy,
this bonnie lass, to say
He calls me to tumble
all in the new -mown hay
It was the jolly plough -boy,
this bonny lass to say
He curls, meets a tumble -all
in the new -mown hay
Good luck in the morning,
she writes it off the nest
Goes up in the air
with the jewel on her breast
Unlike the jolly plough -boy,
she whistles and she sings
Comes home in the evening
with the jewel on her wings
Here's a help to me plowboy
wherever he may be
He likes to have a bonnie lass
to sit upon his knee
If he finds a good strong falter
he'll whistle and he'll sing
The plowboy is as happy
as a prince or a king
The lark in the morning
she rises off her nest
Goes up in the air
with her jewel on her breast
And like the jolly bra boy
she whistles and she sings,
Comes home in the evening
with the jewel on her wings.