A Morris Dance                               
                       English Folk Dance

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Strike up a measure, sprightly this way
And we’ll dance an idle hour away
Dance in the garden, dance on the lea
To a Morris music light and free

Greenly call the rushes
Budding is the willow
Spring now is here and all is fair
And she rides on the south wind
Sweet and warm with May
And a wreathe of hawthornes deck her hair

Why not dance when happy songs resound
In the trees and hedges all around
Say farewell to toil and work a day
For the dance will drive all cares away



 
Morris dancing in the grounds of Wells Cathedral, Wells, England
Exeter Morris Men
 


Morris Dance References:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_dance     




 
Illustration of William Kempe morris dancing from
London to Norwich in 1600