O SWEET wild April
— Came over the hills,
He skipped with the winds
— And he tripped with the rills;
His raiment was all
— Of the daffodils.
Sing hi ,
Sing hey ,
Sing ho!

O sweet wild April
— Came down the lea,
Dancing along
— With his sisters three:
Carnation, and Rose,
— And tall Lily.
Sing hi ,
Sing hey ,
Sing ho!

O sweet wild April,
— On pastoral quill
Came piping in moonlight
— By hollow and hill,
In starlight at midnight,
— By dingle and rill.
Sing hi ,
Sing hey ,
Sing ho!

Where sweet wild April
— His melody played,
Trooped cowslip, and primrose,
— And iris, the maid,
And silver narcissus,
— A star in the shade.
Sing hi ,
Sing hey ,
Sing ho!

When sweet wild April
— Dipped down the dale,
Pale cuckoopint brightened,
— And windflower frail,
And white-thorn, the wood-bride,
— In virginal veil.
Sing hi ,
Sing hey ,
Sing ho!

When sweet wild April
— Through deep woods pressed,
Sang cuckoo above him,
— And lark on his crest,
And Philomel fluttered
— Close under his breast.
Sing hi ,
Sing hey ,
Sing ho!

O sweet wild April,
— Wherever you went
The bondage of winter
— Was broken and rent,
Sank elfin ice-city
— And frost-goblin's tent.
Sing hi ,
Sing hey ,
Sing ho!

Yet sweet wild April,
— The blithe, the brave,
Fell asleep in the fields
— By a windless wave
And Jack-in-the-Pulpit
— Preached over his grave.
Sing hi ,
Sing hey ,
Sing ho!

O sweet wild April,
— Farewell to thee!
And a deep sweet sleep
— To thy sisters three, —
Carnation, and Rose,
— And tall Lily.
Sing hi ,
Sing hey ,
Sing ho!