What do the simple folk do
To help them escape when they're blue
The shepherd who is ailing the milkmaid
Who is glum the cobbler
Who is wailing from nailing his thumb
When they're beset and besieged the folk
Not no blessly or bleached
However do they manage to shed their weary lot
Oh what do simple folk do we do not
I have been informed by those who know them
Well they find relief in quite a clever way
When they're solely pressed they whistle for a spell
And whistling seems to brighten up their day
And that's what simple folk do
So they say
They whistle
What else do the simple folk do
To pack up the heart and get through
The wee folk and the grown folk who wander to and fro
Have ways known to their own folk
We've grown folk don't know
When all the doldrums begin
What keeps each of them in his skin
What ancient native custom provides the needed glow
Oh what do simple folk do do you know
Once along the road I came upon a land
Singing in a voice three times his size
When I asked him why he told he was sad
And singing always made his spirits rise
So that's what simple folk do
I surmise they sing I surmise
Arise my love arise my love
Apollo's lighting the skies my love
The men all shine with columbine
And daffodils blossom away
Hear venus call to one
And all come taste delight while you may
The world is bright and all is right
And life is merry and gay
What else do the simple folk do
They must have a system or two
They obviously outshine us at turning tears to birth
Have tricks a royal highness is minus from birth
What then I wonder do they
To chase all the goblins away
They have some tribal sorcery you haven't mentioned yet
Oh what do simple folk do
To forget
Often I am told they dance the fiery dance and whirl
Till they're completely uncontrolled
Soon the mind is blank and all are in a trance
A violent trance astounding to behold
And that's what simple fault do
So I'm told
What else do the simple folk do
To help them escape when they're blue
They sit around and wonder what royal folk would do
And that's what simple folk
Yes that's what simple folk do