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- [Traditional]
- Language
- English
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"The Lark in the Morning" (Roud 151) is an English folk song dating back to the 18th century. It was moderately popular with traditional singers in England, less so in Scotland, Ireland and the United States. It starts as a hymn to the ploughboy's life, and often goes on to recount a sexual encounter between a ploughboy and a maiden resulting in pregnancy.
The English lyrics run for many verses; they begin:
The lark in the morning she rises off her nest
She goes home in the evening with the dew all on her breast
And like the jolly ploughboy she whistles and she sings
She goes home in the evening with the dew all on her wings. - Licensing
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Versions
The Lark in the Morning written by [Traditional] English
Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
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The Lark in the Morning | Paddy Tunney | 1956 | |||
Lark in the Morning | Judy Collins | 1962 | |||
The Lark in the Morning | Bob and Ron Copper | 1963 | |||
The Lark in the Morning | Dave & Toni Arthur | 1969 | |||
The Lark in the Morning | Steeleye Span | March 1971 | |||
Lark in the Morning | The Freemen | 1971 | |||
The Lark in the Morning | The Dubliners | 1975 | |||
The Lark in the Morning | John Townsend [GB] | 1977 | |||
The Lark in the Morning | Noel McLoughlin | 1995 | |||
Lark in the Morning | John Specker | 1999 | |||
The Lark in the Morning | Treebeard | April 1, 2002 | Unverified | ||
The Lark in the Morning | Boxty | 2002 | |||
The Lark in the Morning | Rachel McDonough | April 1, 2020 |