Lark in the Morning F C Am Dm C Dm Dm C Am Dm C Dm hold Dm at end of phrase chorus: The lark in the morning she rises off her nest And she goes off in the air with the dew upon her breast And like the jolly ploughboy she whistles and she sings She goes home in the evening with the dew all on her wings Oh, Roger the ploughboy he is a dashing blade. He goes whistling and singing through yonder leafy shade. He met with Susan dark-eyed Susan. She's handsome I declare. And she's far more enticing than the birds all in the air. chorus As they were comin' home from the rakes of the town the meadow being all mown and the grass had been cut down As they chance to tumble all on the new mown hay Oh, it's kiss me now or never this bonnie lass would say chorus When twenty long weeks were over and past Her mammy asked the reason why she thickened 'round the waist 'It was the pretty ploughboy' this girl then did say, 'For he asked me for to tumble out on the new mown hay' chorus Here's a health to you ploughboys, where ever you may be That like to have a bonnie lass a-sittin on each knee With a pinty of good, strong porter he'll whistle and he'll sing And the ploughboy is as happy as a prince or as a king. chorus