Cuckoos called the evening to still
The sky went down
and the night birds' wing
Fought over the last day of spring
For summer is in, everyone sing
Ah, let us begin
The other day at daying one
We walked beside the fresh
green corn
Gathered flowers in a garland
to deck the day
For summer is in, everyone sing
Ah, let us be here
Friends and neighbours gather near
Come drink with us a brew of beer
An d share in our fortune
that the sun does bring
Oh, summer is here, everyone sing
Oh, let us be gay
The King and the Queen
one morning in May
Played chess in the valley
to see who could stay
The stream in its travels lapping away
Oh, summer is here, everyone sing,
ah, let us begin
We've sung in the markets,
the pubs and the fair
We made no money,
but what do we care?
We'll sleep in a haystack
and be on our way
Summer is in, everyone sing,
ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah,
let us be here.
We've gathered our feast
along the seashore
Cockles and mussels,
enough for all
We'll eat in the sand dunes
and go back for more
For summer is here, everyone sing
Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah,
ah, us be here
Scattered around us where we lay,
on the burns of a million years away,
bleached by the sun
shining on this new day.
For summer is here, everyone sing
Ah -ah -ah -ah -ah -ah -ah -ah -ah
Let us be here
Think of the ages glowed in the sand
Think where our ancient people did stand
And think of your fortune
to be child of this land
Oh, summer is in, everyone's in
Ah, let us be in