Caprice - Spring

Sound the flute!
Now it's mute.
Birds delight
Day and night, day and night...

Nightingale
In the dale,
Lark in sky,
Merrily, merrily,
To welcome in,
To welcome the year.

Little boy,
Full of joy;
Little girl,
Sweet and small;
Cock does crow,
So do you;
Merry voice,
Infant noise,
Merrily, merrily,
To welcome in,
To welcome the year.

Little lamb,
Here I am;
Come and lick
My white neck;
Let me pull
Your soft wool;
Let me kiss
Your soft face:
Merrily, merrily,
We welcome in,
We welcome the year.