1 O hasten from the busy town,
Leave all its toil and care;
The shady grove invites today
With treasures rich and rare;
The merry brook with gentle song,
The trees in beck'ning sway;
The singing brids their notes prolong,
Come share our joys today.

Chorus:
Haste quickly away, away,
Happy with song, tripping along,
Come, let us haste to the woodland today,
Come away, away, come away, away, away, away!

2 Our baskets' bounteous store we'll spread
Upon the green so fair,
With wavy arches overhead,
And beauty ev'rywhere;
Our joyful notes shall echo wide
Throughout the forest aisles;
And faces shaded long with care,
Today shall light with smiles. [Chorus]