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 |
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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 ...
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... 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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Página 177 - 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.
Página 82 - 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!
Página 161 - JACK and Jill went up the hill, To fetch a pail of water; Jack fell down and broke his crown And Jill came tumbling after.
Página 37 - There was an old woman who lived In a shoe, She had so many children, she didn't know what to do. She gave them some broth without any bread, She whipped them all soundly and put them to bed.
Página 161 - THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT This is the farmer sowing his corn, That kept the cock that crowed in the morn, That waked the priest all shaven and shorn, That married the man all tattered and torn, That kissed the maiden all forlorn, That milked the cow with the crumpled horn, That tossed the dog That worried the cat That killed the rat That ate the malt That lay in the house that Jack built.
Página 7 - 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? I frightened a little mouse Under her chair.
Página 25 - 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.
Página 44 - 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?
Página 100 - Rockabye Baby, on the tree top, When the wind blows the cradle will rock, When the bough breaks the cradle will fall, Down will come baby, cradle and all.
Página vii - A bag-pudding the king did make, And stuffed it well with plums: And in it put great lumps of fat, As big as my two thumbs. The king and queen did eat thereof, And noblemen beside; And what they could not eat that night, The queen next morning fried.