Rounds or Catches of 4. Voices.
[Vt, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La]
Vt, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La
Vt, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La, La, Sol, Fa, Mi, Re, Vt.
Hey downe, downe, downe, downe, downe, downe, Farewell my hart of
golde, Farewell my Pigs nye, Farewell the flower of all the world,
The like may no man see, may no man see, Hey downe, downe, downe, downe,
downe, &c. downe, downe, &c. downe, downe, &c.
Her lips they were as soft as any silke, Her breath as sweet as spice,
Her legges, her thighes as vvhite as Milke, Shee is a Bird of price. Hey
downe, downe, downe, downe, downe, Adevv, Farewell my pretty
Nell,
Thou bearest the Bell, But you doe vvell, If you not tell vvhere I doe dwell,
And so farewell. Vt, Re, Mi, &c.
[O my loue]
O my loue, lou'st thou mee?
O my loue, lou'st thou mee? then quickly come and saue him that dyes for thee.
[Go to Ioane Glouer]
Go to Ioane Glouer
Go to Ioane Glouer, and tell her I loue her, and at the mid
of the Moone I will come to her.
[The maide shee went a milking]
The maide shee went a milking
The maide shee went a milking, all in a misty morning,
downe fell her milking pale, vp went her diddle diddle tayle.
[I C V B A K]
I C V B A K, and euermore will beI C V B A K, and euermore will be, though
Iohn Cooke he saith nay, O what a knaue is he?
[Sing with thy mouth, sing with thy heart]
Sing with thy mouth
Sing with thy mouth, sing with thy heart like
faithfull friends, sing loath to depart, though friends together may not
alwayes remaine, yet loath to depart sing once againe.
[By hils and dales shee roade]
By hils and dales shee road
By hils and dales shee roade, shee roade, and followed still
the game, Shee roade so fast, that downe that downe shee fell, And then
appear'd her shame, Hey downe, downe, downe, downe, downe, downe in
a May morning betimes, I heard an old swod
say to a young Drabbe this geare is thine and mine. Thorough the
woods. This Trull full swiftly springs, with a merry note
chaunting, where a Knaue was haunting, and so lost her aperne-strings,
Hey downe, downe, downe derry, hey, &c. It is a
light hart and a heauie purse which makes a man so merry.
[The Pigion is neuer vvoe]
The Pigion is neuer vvoe
The Pigion is neuer vvoe, till abenting she goe, with heaue and hoe, so let the winde blow.
[Hey downe, a downe, a downe, sing you three after me]
Hey downe, a downe, a downe, sing you three after me
Hey downe, a downe, a downe, sing you three after me, and
follow me my lads, and we will merry be. Fa la la la la. Well sung before hold fast,
hold fast be time, take heed, you misse not nor breake the time, nor
For if thou misse the base a note, ther's nea're a man, ther's nea're a man can sing a lot.
FINIS.
