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28. What cher? Gud cher, gud cher, gud cher!
Be mery & glad this gud New Yere!
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“Lyft vp your hartis & be gladIn Crystis byrth,” the angell bad;
Say eche to oder, yf any be sade:
What cher?
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Now þe kyng of hevyn his byrth hath take,Joy & myrth we owght to make,
Say eche to oder, for hys sake:
What cher?
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I tell you all with hart so fre:Ryght welcum ye be to me;
Be glad & mery, for charite!
What cher?
4
The gudman of this place in fere,You to be mery, he prayth you here,
& with gud hert he doth to you say:
What cher?
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| Songs, Carols, and other Miscellaneous Poems, from the Balliol Ms. 354, Richard Hill's Commonplace book | |