Green Grow The Rushes

There's naught but care on every hand
 In every hour that passes oh
 What signifies the life of man
 If it were not for the lassies oh
 Green grow the rushes oh
 Green grow the rushes oh
 The sweetest hours that ever I spent
 Are spent among the lassies oh
 The worldly race may riches chase
 And riches still may fly them oh
 And though at last they catch them fast
 Their hearts can ne'er enjoy them oh
 Grenn grow the rushes oh
 The sweetest hours that ever I spent
 Are spent among the lassies oh
 Give me a cannie hour at e'en
 My arms around my dearie oh
 The wisest man the world e'er saw
 He dearly loved the lassies oh
 Green grow the rushes oh
 The sweetest houes that ever I spent
 Are spent among the lassies oh
 Old nature swears the lovely dears
 Her noblest work she classes oh
 Her apprentice hand she tried on man
 Then she made the lassies oh
 Green grow the rushes oh
 Green grow the rushes oh
 The sweetest hours that ever I spent
 Are spent among the lassies oh
 Green grow the rushes