Altan - Green Grow the Rushes lyrics

There's naught but care on every hand In every hour that pa**es oh What signifies the life of man If it were not for the la**ies oh Chorus (after each verse): Green grow the rushes oh Green grow the rushes oh The sweetest hours that ever I spent Are spent among the la**ies 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 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 la**ies oh Old nature swears the lovely dears Her noblest work she cla**es oh Her apprentice hand she tried on man Then she made the la**ies oh Green grow the rushes Green grow the rushes