Full Lyrics
1. About the maypole new, with glee and merriment,
While as the bagpipe tooted it,
Thirsis and Cloris fine together footed it.
Fa la la.
And to the wanton instrument,
They went to and fro (both) and finely flaunted it
And then they met again and thus they chanted it
Fa la la.
2. The shepherds and the nymphs them round enclosed had,
Wond'ring with what facility
About they turned them in such strange agility
Fa la la.
And still when they unloosed had,
With words full of delight, they gently kissed them,
And thus sweetly to sing they never missed them.
Fa la la.
