Life Is Lovely All the Year

When the buds are blossoming,
Smiling welcome to the spring,
Lovers choose a wedding day –
Life is love in merry May!

Spring is green – Fal lal la!
Summer’s rose – Fal lal la!
It is sad when Summer goes,
Fal la!
Autumn’s gold – Fal lal la!
Winter’s grey – Fal lal la!
Winter still is far away –
Fal la!
Leaves in Autumn fade and fall;
Winter is the end of all.
Spring and summer teem with glee:
Spring and summer, then, for me!
Fal la!

In the Spring-time seed is sown:
In the Summer grass is mown:
In the Autumn you may reap:
Winter is the time for sleep.

Spring is hope – Fal lal la!
Summer’s joy – Fal lal la!
Spring and Summer never cloy,
Fal la!
Autumn, toil – Fal lal la!
Winter, rest – Fal lal la!
Winter, after all, is best –
Fal la!
Spring and summer pleasure you,
Autumn, ay, and winter, too –
Every season has its cheer;
Life is lovely all the year!
Fal la!