Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages: Specimens of lyric poetry, composed in England in the reign of Edward the FirstPercy Society, 1841 - English literature |
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... Round your foreheads garlands twine ; Drown sorrow in a cup of wine , And let us all be merry . Now , all our neighbours ' chimnies smoke , And Christmas blocks are burning ; Their ovens they with bak'd meats choke , And all their spits ...
... Round your foreheads garlands twine ; Drown sorrow in a cup of wine , And let us all be merry . Now , all our neighbours ' chimnies smoke , And Christmas blocks are burning ; Their ovens they with bak'd meats choke , And all their spits ...
Page 65
... how the roofs with laughter sound ! Anon they'll think the house goes round ; For they the cellar's depth have found , And there they will be merry . F The wenches with their wassel bowls About the streets are CHRISTMAS CAROLS . 65.
... how the roofs with laughter sound ! Anon they'll think the house goes round ; For they the cellar's depth have found , And there they will be merry . F The wenches with their wassel bowls About the streets are CHRISTMAS CAROLS . 65.
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... round thy table , People may freely drink , but not so long as they are able ; Good customs they may be abus'd , which makes rich men so slack us , This feast is to relieve the poor , and not to drunken Bacchus . Thus if thou doest ...
... round thy table , People may freely drink , but not so long as they are able ; Good customs they may be abus'd , which makes rich men so slack us , This feast is to relieve the poor , and not to drunken Bacchus . Thus if thou doest ...
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... round about the town . Some gave him white bread , Some gave him plum cake , And sent him out of town . XLIII . DOCTOR Faustus was a good man , He whipt his children now and then ; When he whipp'd them he made them dance , Out of ...
... round about the town . Some gave him white bread , Some gave him plum cake , And sent him out of town . XLIII . DOCTOR Faustus was a good man , He whipt his children now and then ; When he whipp'd them he made them dance , Out of ...
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... round the hay - stack , Oh , ho ! said the fox , you are very fat ; You'll grease my beard and ride on my back , From this into yonder wee town , e - oh ! The farmer's wife she jump'd out of bed , And out of the window she popped her ...
... round the hay - stack , Oh , ho ! said the fox , you are very fat ; You'll grease my beard and ride on my back , From this into yonder wee town , e - oh ! The farmer's wife she jump'd out of bed , And out of the window she popped her ...
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Page 179 - OLD King Cole was a merry old soul, And a merry old soul was he; He called for his pipe, and he called for his bowl, And he called for his fiddlers three.
Page 84 - Hey, diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon. The little dog laughed to see such sport, And the dish ran away with the spoon!
Page 132 - One, two, Buckle my shoe; Three, four, Shut the door; Five, six, Pick up sticks; Seven, eight, Lay them straight; Nine, ten, A good fat hen; Eleven, twelve, Who will delve?
Page 27 - The boar's head in hand bear I, Bedeck'd with bays and rosemary ; And I pray you, my masters, be merry Quot estis in convivio. Caput apri defero, Reddens laudes domino.
Page 63 - SO now is come our joyful'st feast; Let every man be jolly, Each room with ivy leaves is drest, And every post with holly. Though some churls at our mirth repine, Round your foreheads garlands twine, Drown sorrow in a cup of wine, And let us all be merry. Now, all our neighbours...
Page 5 - Then came the Holy One, blessed be He ! And killed the Angel of Death, That killed the butcher, That slew the ox, That drank the water, That quenched the fire, That burned the staff, That beat the dog, That bit the cat, That ate the kid That my father bought For two pieces of money: A kid, a kid.
Page 95 - As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives, Every wife had seven sacks, Every sack had seven cats, Every cat had seven kits— Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, How many were going to St. Ives?
Page 46 - Sing a song of sixpence, A pocket full of rye; Four and twenty blackbirds Baked in a pie. When the pie was opened, The birds began to sing; Wasn't that a dainty dish To set before the king?
Page 64 - Young men and maids, and girls and boys, Give life to one another's joys; And you anon shall by their noise Perceive that they are merry.
Page 9 - Pussy cat, pussy cat, where have you been? I've been to London to look at the queen. Pussy cat, pussy cat, what did you there?