Sing a carol for summer, sing in Aotearoa, island waters and mountain snow! Feel the kiss of the sun on skin -- you know that summer's a-coming in, Refrain: everything's getting ready for Christmas, everyone's in a holiday mood! Time for ripening berries, time for picking of cherries, shearing, mustering, making hay, time for camping, for hoisting pack, it's time for tramping the bush and track, Refrain Time for ending of year, it's time for sending good cheer, for fam'ly gatherings, friends to greet, time for swimming and time to laze through golden light of the length'ning days, Refrain Time for shepherds and kings! It's time for angels with wings, it's time to practice the Christmas play: time to carol the baby's birth who came to change everyone on earth -- Refrain