MADRIGAL.
Snow-drops now begin in snows,Crocuses to flush,Gentle scilla buds and blowsNurtured in the slush;All about, like tinkling bells,Falls the ice a-melting;Ring, dilly dilly,—Sing, dilly dilly,—Spring is here,And the wolf is out of his den, O;With a ren, O; and a fen, O;And a den, den, den, O;Sing, dilly dilly.Slender moon is floating downThrough a vat of wine,Bells knoll from the drowsy town,Din—din—dine;All about the red robinsWhistle in the dusk;Ring, dilly dilly,—Sing, dilly dilly,—Spring is here,And the lambs are safe in their pen, O;With a ren, O; and a fen, O;And a den, den, den, O;Sing, dilly dilly.Comrade virgins clad in greenQuaff the nimble air;Each one, if her mate’s unseen,Is the fairest fair;Bran is hidden in the hedgeBreathing on his reeds;Ring, dilly dilly,—Sing, dilly dilly,—Spring is here,And maidens beware of the men, O;With a ren, O; and a fen, O;And a den, den, den, O;Sing, dilly dilly.
Snow-drops now begin in snows,Crocuses to flush,Gentle scilla buds and blowsNurtured in the slush;All about, like tinkling bells,Falls the ice a-melting;Ring, dilly dilly,—Sing, dilly dilly,—Spring is here,And the wolf is out of his den, O;With a ren, O; and a fen, O;And a den, den, den, O;Sing, dilly dilly.Slender moon is floating downThrough a vat of wine,Bells knoll from the drowsy town,Din—din—dine;All about the red robinsWhistle in the dusk;Ring, dilly dilly,—Sing, dilly dilly,—Spring is here,And the lambs are safe in their pen, O;With a ren, O; and a fen, O;And a den, den, den, O;Sing, dilly dilly.Comrade virgins clad in greenQuaff the nimble air;Each one, if her mate’s unseen,Is the fairest fair;Bran is hidden in the hedgeBreathing on his reeds;Ring, dilly dilly,—Sing, dilly dilly,—Spring is here,And maidens beware of the men, O;With a ren, O; and a fen, O;And a den, den, den, O;Sing, dilly dilly.
Snow-drops now begin in snows,Crocuses to flush,Gentle scilla buds and blowsNurtured in the slush;All about, like tinkling bells,Falls the ice a-melting;Ring, dilly dilly,—Sing, dilly dilly,—Spring is here,And the wolf is out of his den, O;With a ren, O; and a fen, O;And a den, den, den, O;Sing, dilly dilly.
Snow-drops now begin in snows,
Crocuses to flush,
Gentle scilla buds and blows
Nurtured in the slush;
All about, like tinkling bells,
Falls the ice a-melting;
Ring, dilly dilly,—Sing, dilly dilly,—
Spring is here,
And the wolf is out of his den, O;
With a ren, O; and a fen, O;
And a den, den, den, O;
Sing, dilly dilly.
Slender moon is floating downThrough a vat of wine,Bells knoll from the drowsy town,Din—din—dine;All about the red robinsWhistle in the dusk;Ring, dilly dilly,—Sing, dilly dilly,—Spring is here,And the lambs are safe in their pen, O;With a ren, O; and a fen, O;And a den, den, den, O;Sing, dilly dilly.
Slender moon is floating down
Through a vat of wine,
Bells knoll from the drowsy town,
Din—din—dine;
All about the red robins
Whistle in the dusk;
Ring, dilly dilly,—Sing, dilly dilly,—
Spring is here,
And the lambs are safe in their pen, O;
With a ren, O; and a fen, O;
And a den, den, den, O;
Sing, dilly dilly.
Comrade virgins clad in greenQuaff the nimble air;Each one, if her mate’s unseen,Is the fairest fair;Bran is hidden in the hedgeBreathing on his reeds;Ring, dilly dilly,—Sing, dilly dilly,—Spring is here,And maidens beware of the men, O;With a ren, O; and a fen, O;And a den, den, den, O;Sing, dilly dilly.
Comrade virgins clad in green
Quaff the nimble air;
Each one, if her mate’s unseen,
Is the fairest fair;
Bran is hidden in the hedge
Breathing on his reeds;
Ring, dilly dilly,—Sing, dilly dilly,—
Spring is here,
And maidens beware of the men, O;
With a ren, O; and a fen, O;
And a den, den, den, O;
Sing, dilly dilly.