Ripe golden fields and the
bounty the bring
Reason enough for to dance and to sing
Dance for who knows if we'll live till its spring
Sing
For it's Lammastide
(A young girl goes up to Laura and gives her a corn dolly)
ALL
Winds of the winter
As sharp as a thorn
Soon will assault us
As sure as we're born
GIRL
Who will protect us?
A doll made of corn
ALL
Dance!
For it's Lammastide
MEN
Please spend the season
Pressed in my arms
Rest in my arms
WOMEN
Merrily, merrily
We'll end the season
Wrapped in your arms
MEN
Trapped in your arms
WOMEN
Verily, verily
ALL
Ripe golden fields and the
bounty they bring
Reason enough for to dance and to sing
Dance for who knows if we'll live till it's spring
Sing
For it's Lammastide
MEN
Please end the season
Pressed in my arms
Blessed in my arms
WOMEN
Verily, verily
Although we may protest in your arms
We'll nest in your arms
ALL
Merrily, merrily
After we harvest the fruits of the earth
Time for the home and a moment of mirth
MEN
Time for a dance
WOMEN
And the chance of rebirth
ALL
Sing
For it's Lammastide
ALL
Ripe golden fields and the bounty they bring
Reason enough for to dance and to sing
Dance for who knows if we'll live till it's spring
Sing
For it's Lammastide!
Dance
For it's Lammastide!
Sing
For it's Lammastide!
(At the end of the song,
we see the same young girl being excluded from the festivities.
her mother scolds her and she does not enter the church with the others)