The Summer Lady - Terry Pratchett, Steeleye Span

We’ve suffered enough, at the hands of the WinterSmith!

All had our fill of the frost on the ground

Let’s drink, to the health of the fair Summer Lady

And wish her the best, as she draws the sun down

Go back to your mountains, you cold-hearted lover!

Your magic is broken, your mischief is done!

The time is at hand, for the fair Summer Lady

To take up her place, and to draw the sun down

Let the seasons turn!

Let the rivers start a flowin'!

Let the hot sun burn!

And melt our frozen hearts!

Too long, have we lived in the clutches of Winter

Too long, have we lived in the grip of the cold

One wave of her hand, and the fair Summer Lady

Will turn the white fields, into yellow and gold

To breeze through the corn, on the first day in Springtime

To lie under skies of magnificent blue

Just look in the eyes of the fair Summer Lady

She’ll harvest our dreams and she’ll make them come true

Let the seasons turn!

Let the rivers start a flowin'!

Let the hot sun burn!

And melt our frozen hearts!

Let the warm winds blow!

Send the North Wind on his journey!

Sweep away the snow!

The Summer Lady’s here!

She’ll smile on the hillside

She’ll dance on the lake

She’ll shimmer with brightness

When she is awake

She can turn the sun blood-red

In a hot burning sky

But when Summer is over

The Lady MUST DIE!

So drink, to the health of the fair Summer Lady!

Bathe in her glory and be of good cheer

As sure, as the Summer is followed by Winter

We’ll call on the Lady of Summer each year

Let the seasons turn!

Let the rivers start a flowin'!

Let the hot sun burn!

And melt our frozen hearts!

Let the warm winds blow!

Send, the North Wind on his journey!

Sweep away the snow!

The Summer Lady’s here!

The Summer Lady’s here!

The Summer Lady’s here!

The Summer Lady’s here!