Come live with me and be my love
And we will all the pleasures prove.
Come live with me and be my love.
and we will all the pleasures prove that valleys grow
hills and fields, woods or steepy mountain hills
That valleys, groves, hills and fields
Woods or steepy mountain
And we will sit upon the rocks, seeing the shepherds feed their flock.
Then we will sit upon the rocks, Seeing the shepherds feed their flocks,
by shallow rivers to whose foes
melodious birds sing madrigals by shallow rivers to whose foes
Melodious birds sing madrigal.
A gown made of the finest wool, which from our pretty lands we pull.
The gun made of the finest wool Which from our pretty lambs we pull
Fair line and slivers for the coal
With buckles of the purest gold Fair line of slippers for the cold
With buckles of the purest gold.
The shepherd's swain shall dance and sing
For thy delight each May morning The shepherds sway and shall dance and sing
For thy delight each may morning, If these delights thy mind may move,
Then live with me and be my love, If these delights thy mind may move.
Then live with me and be my love.