[Spoken word] Hark ye... [Silence] [Lute intro] Draw near. Attend the tale... of two goodly and comely young maids... who didst find love... one in the arms of the other. [Sung] Hark! [Beat] I doth scarcely know her, Yet methinks I could love her — Crimson and clover. o'er and o'er Hark! [Beat] Should she come hither walking, I've long waited to show her — Crimson and clover, o'er and o'er [Beat] Aye (tral-la tral-la tral-la) Thou art such a sweet thing (tral-la tral-la tral-la) I wouldst do all manner of things (tral-la tral-la tral-la) What a beauteous feeling (tral-la tral-la tral-la) Crimson and clover (tral-la tral-la tral-la) o'er and o'er [Tempo increases] Crimson and Clover, o'er and o'er, (The Crimson be my secret bower) Crimson and Clover, o'er and o'er, (The Clover be my tufted flower) Crimson and Clover, o'er and o'er, (Come, taste of my delights) Crimson and Clover, o'er and o'er, (And I shall then return thy rites) Crimson and Clover, o'er and o'er, (Thou tasteth sweet as honeyed mead) Crimson and Clover, o'er and o'er. [Spoken] Thus ends the tale of these two fair maids, Who found their love in secret glades, Of crimson bloom and clover sweet, Two tender hearts, at last complete. O'er and o'er, and o'er and o'er.