Summerisle (the Maypole Song) Lyrics - Mediaeval Baebes

In the woods there grew a tree 

A fine, fine tree was he 

On that tree there was a limb 

And on that limb there was a branch 

On that branch there was a nest 

And in that nest there was an egg 

In that egg there was a bird 

And from that bird a feather came 

Of that feather was a bed 

On that bed there was a girl 

And on that girl there was a man 

From that man there was a seed 

And from that seed there was a boy 

From that boy there was a man 

And for that man there was a grave 

From that grave there grew a tree 

In Sumerisle, Sumerisle, Sumerisle, Sumerisle, Sumerisle 

On that tree there was a limb 

And on that limb there was a branch 

On that branch there was a nest 

And in that nest there was an egg 

In that egg there was a bird 

And from that bird a feather came 

Of that feather was a bed 

In Sumerisle, Sumerisle, Sumerisle, Sumerisle, Sumerisle 

On that bed there was a girl (Sumerisle, Sumerisle) 

And on that girl there was a man (Sumerisle, Sumerisle) 

From that man there was a seed (Sumerisle, Sumerisle) 

And from that seed there was a boy (Sumerisle, Sumerisle) 

From that boy there was a man (Sumerisle, Sumerisle) 

And for that man there was a grave 

From that grave there grew a tree