Steeleye Span - One Misty Moisty Morning lyrics
[Steeleye Span - One Misty Moisty Morning lyrics]
One misty moisty morning when
Cloudy was the weather i met with an old man
A-clothed all in leather
He was clothed all in leather with
A cap beneath his chin
Singing, How do you do, and how do you do
And how do you do again?
This rustic was a thresher as
On his way he hie'd
And with a leather bottle fast
Buckled by his side
He wore no shirt upon his back
But wool unto his skin
Singing, How do you do, and how do you do
And how do you do again?
I went a little further and
There I met a maid
A-going a-milking, a-milking, sir, she said
Then I began to compliment and
She began to sing
Saying, How do you do, and how do you do
And how do you do again?
This maid, her name was Dolly
Clothed in a gown of grey
I being somewhat jolly persuaded her to stay
And a-straight I fell a-courtin' her in
The hopes her love to win
Singing, How do you do, and how do you do
And how do you do again?
I having time and leisure
I spent a vacant hour
A-telling of my treasure while
Sitting in the bower
And then i' kind embraces I
Stroked her double chin
Singing, How do you do, and how do you do
And how do you do again?
I said that I would married be
And she would be my bride
And how long we should not
Tarry and twenty things beside
I'll plough and sow and reap and mow
And you shall sit and spin
Singing, How do you do, and how do you do
And how do you do again?
Her parents then consented
All parties were agreed
Her portion thirty shillings
We married were with speed
Then Will the piper he did play
While others dance and sing
Saying, How do you do, and how do you do
And how do you do again?
Then lusty Ralph and Robin
With many damsels gay
Did ride on Roan and Dobbin
To celebrate the day
And when they met together their
Caps they off did fling
Singing, How do you do, and how do you do
And how do you do, and how do you do again?
Cloudy was the weather i met with an old man
A-clothed all in leather
He was clothed all in leather with
A cap beneath his chin
Singing, How do you do, and how do you do
And how do you do again?
This rustic was a thresher as
On his way he hie'd
And with a leather bottle fast
Buckled by his side
He wore no shirt upon his back
But wool unto his skin
Singing, How do you do, and how do you do
And how do you do again?
I went a little further and
There I met a maid
A-going a-milking, a-milking, sir, she said
Then I began to compliment and
She began to sing
Saying, How do you do, and how do you do
And how do you do again?
This maid, her name was Dolly
Clothed in a gown of grey
I being somewhat jolly persuaded her to stay
And a-straight I fell a-courtin' her in
The hopes her love to win
Singing, How do you do, and how do you do
And how do you do again?
I having time and leisure
I spent a vacant hour
A-telling of my treasure while
Sitting in the bower
And then i' kind embraces I
Stroked her double chin
Singing, How do you do, and how do you do
And how do you do again?
I said that I would married be
And she would be my bride
And how long we should not
Tarry and twenty things beside
I'll plough and sow and reap and mow
And you shall sit and spin
Singing, How do you do, and how do you do
And how do you do again?
Her parents then consented
All parties were agreed
Her portion thirty shillings
We married were with speed
Then Will the piper he did play
While others dance and sing
Saying, How do you do, and how do you do
And how do you do again?
Then lusty Ralph and Robin
With many damsels gay
Did ride on Roan and Dobbin
To celebrate the day
And when they met together their
Caps they off did fling
Singing, How do you do, and how do you do
And how do you do, and how do you do again?