I'm a stone's throw from the mill I'm a good walk to the river My workin' day is over We'll go swim our cares away ♪ Put your toes down in the water Smile across your face And tell me that you love me Lovely Lady May Now I ain't the sharpest chisel That your hands have ever held But darlin', I could love you well 'Til the roll is called on high An' I've seen my share of trouble And I've held my weight in shame But I'm baptized in your name For my lovely Lady May ♪ Though the wind can leave you shiverin' As it waltzes on leaves Been rushin' through my timbers 'Til your love brought on the spring Now the mountains all are blushin' And they don't know what to say 'Cept a good long line of praises For my lovely Lady May Now, I ain't the toughest hickory That your ax has ever felled But I'm a hickory just as well I'm a hickory all the same I came crashin' through the forest As you cut my roots away And I fell a good long ways For my lovely Lady May