[Intro]
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[Verse]
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Unite and unite, and let us all unite
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For summer is a-coming today
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And whither we are going, we all will unite
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In the merry morning of May
[Verse]
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The young men of Padstow, they might if they would
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For summer is a-coming today
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They might have built a ship and gilded it with gold
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In the merry morning of May
[Verse]
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The young women of Padstow, they might if they would
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For summer is a-coming today
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They might have built a garland with the white rose and the red
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In the merry morning of May
[Verse]
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Rise up, Mrs. Johnson, all in your gown of green
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For summer is a-coming today
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You are as fine a lady as waits upon the queen
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In the merry morning of May
[Verse]
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Oh, where is King George? Oh, where is he-o?
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He's out in his longboat, all on the salt sea-o
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Up flies the kite, down falls the lark-o
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Aunt Ursula Birdwood, she had an old ewe
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And she died in her own park-o
[Verse]
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With the merry ring and with the joyful spring
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For summer is a-coming today
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How happy are the little birds and the merrier we shall sing
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In the merry morning of May
[Verse]
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Oh, where are the young men that now do advance?
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For summer is a-coming today
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Oh, some they are in England and some they are in France
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In the merry morning of May