Lyrics
(English folk song)
Early one morning before the sun had risen,
I heard a bluebird in the fields gaily* sing,
“South winds are blowing, green grass is growing,
We come to herald the merry spring.”
*optional lyrics: merrily, loudly, softly
See also
- Country: England
- Subjects: spring / birds
- Harmony: chords I, IV, V
- Melody: tonic triad
- Source: The children’s own book; folk songs for harmonization, transposition, sight-singing and immediate expression at the keyboard,Elizabeth Newman, 1925
- Similar tune: Ho Ho Ho Hosanna
YouTube
- Song with chords (PDF)
- MIDI file
- Listen to the song
