No. 16 - Act III - Opening Chorus and Dance
Chorus: | It's hey for a wedding on May day, And happy be the bride. O youth in the Spring has its heyday. |
Milkmaids: | Ay, youth in the Spring has its heyday. |
Chorus: | Ay, youth in the Spring has its heyday, |
All: | And joy with the couple shall bide. |
Sopranos: | Come with a laugh. |
Men: | Come with a song, |
All: | Come with a flow'r or a fairing. Wine shall be old, all shall be strong, Kisses there'll be for the daring. Come with laughter and song. |
Milkmaids: | O hasten! Then heigho! Hey-day! Hey, nonny, nonny, the bride is so bonny; With her the gallant groom may well be blithe and gay. |
Sopranos: | Heigho! Hey-day! Let us be merry, with derry down derry, |
All: | Good fortune waits, they say, The bride of May, the blushing bride of May. Then Heigho! Hey-day! Hey, nonny, nonny, the bride is so bonny; With her the gallant groom may well be blithe and gay. |
Milkmaids: | Good fortune waits the bride of May, |
Sopranos: | Good fortune waits the bride of May, |
All: | the bride of May. |
All: | Left hand! Right hand! Left hand! Right hand! All hands round! All round! Left hand! Right hand! All hands round! All hands round! All hands round! All round! |
American Musical Theatre | The Highwayman
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