For summer is a-come in to-day;
It is but a while ago since we have strewed ours,
In the merry morning of May!

Rise up, Miss ----, and reach to me your hand
For summer is a-come in to-day;
You are so fair a damsel as any in the land,
In the merry morning of May!

Rise up Master ----, and reach to me your hand,
For summer is a-come in to day;
And you shall have a lively lass, and a thousand pounds in hand,
In the merry morning of May!

Where are the maidens that here now should sing?
For summer is a-come in to day,
Oh, they are in the meadows the flowers gathering,
In the merry morning of May!

The young maids of Padstow, they might if they would--
For summer is a-come in to day--
They might have a garland, and decked it all in gold,
In the merry morning of May!

Where are the young men that here now should dance?
For summer is a-come in to day;
Oh some they are in England, and some they are in France,
In the merry morning of May!

The young men of Padstow, they might if they would--
For summer is a-come in to-day--
They might have built a ship, and gilt her all in gold,
In the merry morning of May!

Now fare ye well, we bid you all good cheer,
For summer is a-come in to-day,
We'll call once more unto your house before another year,
In the merry morning of May!

[Illustration: THE DAY SONG (Sheet Music Page 1)]

THE DAY SONG

All now for to fetch home,
The Summer and the May, O!
For Summer is a-come, O!
And Winter is a-go, O!

Up flies the kite,
And down falls the lark, O!
Un Ursula Bird she had an old ewe, O!
And she died in Old Park O!

Oh, where is St. George?
Oh where is he, O?
He's down in his long boat,
All on the salt sea, O!

Oh, where are those French dogs?
Oh, where are they, O?
They're down in their long boats,
All on the salt sea, O!

Oh, where are those French dogs?
Oh where are they, O!
They shall eat the grey goose feathers,
And we will eat the roast, O!

The last verse of the Morning Song is sung to its own tune to conclude
the Day Song.

Padstow itself is a queer old fishing town, fifteen miles from Bodmin,
from which place it is easily reached by train. It is situated at the
mouth of the Camel, the finest salmon river in Cornwall, and has at St.
Enodoc, on the other side of the estuary, one of the best golf co