A Century of Lyrics, 1550-1650Donald Cameron Whimster |
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... merry . Now , every lad is wondrous trim , And no man minds his labour . Our lasses have provided them A bag - pipe and a tabor . Young men , and maids , and girls and boys , Give life to one another's joys ; And you anon shall by their ...
... merry . Now , every lad is wondrous trim , And no man minds his labour . Our lasses have provided them A bag - pipe and a tabor . Young men , and maids , and girls and boys , Give life to one another's joys ; And you anon shall by their ...
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... merry . Good farmers , in the country , nurse The poor , that else were undone . Some landlords spend their money worse On lust , and pride at London . There the roysters they do play , Drab and dice their lands away , Which may be ours ...
... merry . Good farmers , in the country , nurse The poor , that else were undone . Some landlords spend their money worse On lust , and pride at London . There the roysters they do play , Drab and dice their lands away , Which may be ours ...
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... merry . Then wherefore in these merry days Should we I pray be duller ? No , let us sing some roundelays , To make our mirth the fuller . And whilest thus inspired we sing , Let all the streets with echoes ring ; Woods , and hills , and ...
... merry . Then wherefore in these merry days Should we I pray be duller ? No , let us sing some roundelays , To make our mirth the fuller . And whilest thus inspired we sing , Let all the streets with echoes ring ; Woods , and hills , and ...
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Nicholas Grimald | 21 |
The Passionate Shepherd to | 35 |
Sigh no more ladies | 41 |
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ANONYMOUS apace beauty BEN JONSON Book of Airs bright Chidiock Tichborne Coridon Daffodil dainty dance Davenant dead death delight Donne dost doth Earl earth Elizabeth England eyes fair fairies fate fish flocks flowers fool fresh George Herbert give glory GORBO Greensleeves Hark hath hay-cock heart heaven Henry Vaughan hey nonny honour John Donne JOHN FLETCHER JOHN WEBSTER JONSON keep king kiss lady Lord lovers lullaby lute maids merry morning ne'er never night numbers Phillida play pleasure poem poetry praise Puritans Queen reign ROBERT HERRICK rose SAMUEL ROWLEY says shepherds sigh sing Sir Walter Raleigh Sister awake sleep song songbooks Sonnets sorrow soul spring sung sweet content tell thee THOMAS CAMPION THOMAS DEKKER thou hast thou wouldst TOBIAS HUME Tottel's Miscellany tune unto verse weep WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Wilt thou forgive winter wondrous words wouldst not love