[Chorus:]
Lads and lassies round about the hop-pole trip,
While old age indulges in another sip.
With an arm around her waist,
Ha, ha, ha, ha,
Ev'ry lass shall have a taste.
Ha, ha, ha,
Then each lad shall toast his lass
To the bottom of the glass.
See the maids their glossy golden locks entwine,
with the fruit and blossom of the thick set bine,
Gaily tripping in and out,
Up and down and round about,
Age and youth in mirth combine,
'Tis the merry hopping time,
Age and youth in mirth combine,
'Tis the merry hopping time,
'Tis Phyllis and her lover,
[Solo:]
And what a fool he looks.
[Chorus:]
And what a fool he looks.
[Tom Grass:]
Oh! Muster Tuppitt here I stand,
An honest lad you see,
To ask you for your daughter's hand,
That we may married be.
[Chorus:]
Oh! Muster Tuppitt there they stand,
Two nice young folks you see,
Now give to him your daughter's hand,
That they may married be.
He refuses.
[Phyllis:]
Would you see your Phyllis weep,
Who ever was the gayest of the gay,
Lose her roses, miss her sleep,
And sob a disappointed life away.
[Chorus:]
Forbear defying
The course of true love,
By quick complying
Your better sense prove,
And see her, She is crying, she is crying.
[Tom Grass:]
Happy the home that waits your daughter,
Honest the heart that I have brought her,
Sturdy the arm that shall support her,
You will relent!
You must consent, Give me your daughter.
[Chorus:]
You will relent!
You must consent,
You will relent!
You must consent.
[Tom Grass:]
Really never man required such pressing,
[Tuppitt:]
I consent, take the child...
and with her take my blessing.
[Chorus:]
Ha-ha, Ha-ha,
Ha-ha, Ha-ha,
[Tom Grass:]
Hence forward I devote my life,
To making her a happy wife.
[Chorus:]
Lads and lassies round about the hop-pole trip,
While old age indulges in another sip
With an arm about her waist
Ev'ry lass shall have a taste,
Then each lad shall toast his lass
To the bottom of the glass.
Then each lad shall toast his lass
toast each lass in a glass.
Gaily tripping in and out,
Up and down and round about,
Age and youth in mirth combine,
'Tis the merry hopping time,
Age and youth in mirth combine,
In the merry hopping time.