The sun does arise
And make happy the skies
The merry bells ring
To welcome the spring
The skylark and thrush
The birds of the bush
Sing louder around
To the bell's cheerful sound
While our sports shall be seen
On the Ecchoing Green
Old John with white hair
Does laugh away care
Sitting under the oak
The first appearance of the refrain or  anaphora . This will reappear at the end of the three stanzas, though slightly altered in the last one. Appropriately, it is ‘the Echoing Green’, appropriately given that it is named for the endless cycle of life..
The Echoing Green