Steeleye Span - Padstow

^FUnite and unite, and let us all unite For summer is a-coming to^Cday And ^Fwhither we are going, we all will unite In the ^Cmerry morning of ^FMay

^FThe young men of Padstow, they might if they would For summer is a-coming to^Cday They ^Fmight have built a ship and gilded it with gold In the ^Cmerry morning of ^FMay

^FThe young women of Padstow, they might if they would For summer is a-coming to^Cday They ^Fmight have built a garland with the white rose and the red In the ^Cmerry morning of ^FMay

^FRise up, Mrs. Johnson, all in your gown of green For summer is a-coming to^Cday You ^Fare as fine a lady as waits upon the queen In the ^Cmerry morning of ^FMay

N.C.

Oh, where is King George? Oh, where is he-o?

N.C.

He's out in his longboat, all on the salt sea-o

N.C.

Up flies the kite, down falls the lark-o

N.C.

Aunt Ursula Birdwood, she had an old ewe And she died in her own park-o ^F

^FWith the merry ring and with the joyful spring For summer is a-coming to^Cday How ^Fhappy are the little birds and the merrier we shall sing In the ^Cmerry morning of ^FMay

^FOh, where are the young men that now do advance? For summer is a-coming to^Cday Oh, ^Fsome they are in England and some they are in France In the ^Cmerry morning of ^FMay