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[XIII
Down in a valley]

Down in a valley, down in a valley, shady vales are pleasant ports, for mery, mery, mery merie, merie lads meet resorts,

Such was our hap to catch a swain (Oh) happy the valley (Oh) happy the valley with flowrs to spangle Floraes traine, Nor did we dalley, his flowrs we tooke all dyde in graine (Oh) dyde was the valley,

Of them we made a garland green (Oh) green was the valley (Oh) green was the valley to crown faire Lelia shepheards queen, Faire as a Lilly, she, sitting in a shade vnseene (Oh) shadie the valley,

Shady vales are pleasant ports for mery, mery, mery, mery, mery lads meet resorts.