Monday Morning
Peter/Paul/Mary Lyrics

Early one mornin' one mornin' in spring
One fine spring morning, I woke up early to enjoy the sound of birds chirping and the nightingale singing.

To hear the birds whistle the nightingales sing
I was so taken by the beauty of nature that I wanted to hear the birds chirping and the nightingale singing.

I met a fair maiden who sweetly did sing
As I was enjoying the beauty of nature, I met a beautiful young woman who was singing sweetly.

I'm going to be married next Monday morning.
The young maiden told me that she was getting married the following Monday morning.

How old are you my fair young maid,
Curious to know more about her, I asked her how old she was.

Here in this valley this valley so green
We were standing in a green valley when I asked the young maiden her age.

I'm goin' to be sixteen next Monday mornin'.
The young maiden told me that she was going to turn sixteen the following Monday morning.

Well sixteen years old, that's too young for to marry
I expressed my concern that sixteen years old was too young to get married.

So take my advice, five years longer to tarry
I suggested that she waits for five more years before getting married.

For marriage brings troubles and sorrows begin
I warned her that marriage could be a challenging journey filled with ups and downs.

So put off your wedding for Monday mornin'.
I advised her to postpone her wedding until a later time.

You talk like a mad man, a man with no skill
The young maiden thought I was crazy for suggesting that she postpones her wedding.

Two years I've been waiting against my own will
She told me that she had already waited for two years to get married, even though it wasn't entirely her wish.

Now I'm determined to have my own way
She was now determined to have her way and get married the following Monday morning.

And next Monday mornin' the bells they will ring
She was excited that the bells would ring on her wedding day, which was the following Monday morning.

And my true love will buy me a gay gold ring
Her true love was going to buy her a gold ring on their wedding day.

Also he'll buy me a new pretty gown
Her true love was also going to buy her a new and pretty wedding gown.

To wear at my wedding next Monday mornin'
She was going to wear the new and pretty wedding gown on their wedding day, which was the following Monday morning.

Next Monday night when I go to my bed
On the night of her wedding day, which was next Monday, she would go to bed.

And I turn round to the man that I've wed
She would then turn to her newly wedded husband.

Around his middle my two arms I will fling,
She would put her arms around her husband's middle.

And I wish to my soul it was Monday mornin'.
She would wish that it was Monday morning again, so she could relive the wonderful moments of her wedding day.