There sits a bird on every tree; <br />Sing heigh-ho! <br />There sits a bird on every tree, <br />And courts his love as I do thee; <br />Sing heigh-ho, and heigh-ho! <br />Young maids must marry. <br /> <br />There grows a flower on every bough; <br />Sing heigh-ho! <br />There grows a flower on every bough, <br />Its petals kiss-I'll show you how: <br />Sing heigh-ho, and heigh-ho! <br />Young maids must marry. <br /> <br />From sea to stream the salmon roam; <br />Sing heigh-ho! <br />From sea to stream the salmon roam; <br />Each finds a mate, and leads her home; <br />Sing heigh-ho, and heigh-ho! <br />Young maids must marry. <br /> <br />The sun's a bridegroom, earth a bride; <br />Sing heigh-ho! <br />They court from morn till eventide: <br />The earth shall pass, but love abide. <br />Sing heigh-ho, and heigh-ho! <br />Young maids must marry. <br /> <br /> <br />Eversley, 1847.<br /><br />Charles Kingsley<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/sing-heigh-ho/
