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<DIV1 TYPE="ballad">
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<HEAD><L>An excellent Ditty, both merry and witty,</L>
<L>Expre&s;sing the loue of the Youthes of the City,</L>
<L>Who take delight, as my Song doth &s;ay,</L>
<L>Betimes in the morning to fetch home May,</L></HEAD>
<OPENER>To a plea&s;ant new tune, or the two louely Louers.</OPENER>
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<LG>
<L>AWake my owne deare &s;w&eacute;eting,</L>
<L>why do&s;t thou &s;l&eacute;epe &s;o long;</L>
<L>The Sun is n&eacute;ere vp ri&s;ing,</L>
<L>doe not thy &s;elfe &s;uch wrong,</L>
<L>Vpon this plea&s;ing morning,</L>
<L>&s;wiftly let's take our way</L>
<L><HI>With ioy to welcome in,</HI></L>
<L><HI>the merry moneth of May.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>I &s;&eacute; the day &s;tarre twinckling,</L>
<L>ri&s;ing in the Ea&s;t,</L>
<L>Which tels vs that <HI>Aurora,</HI></L>
<L>hath left her &s;luggi&s;h re&s;t,</L>
<L>Then ri&s;e vp my owne Honey,</L>
<L>and let vs take our way,</L>
<L><HI>With ioy to welcome in,</HI></L>
<L><HI>the merry moneth of May.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The Flowers are neat and dainty,</L>
<L>which doe be all lovlie,</L>
<L>To walke into the Meddowes,</L>
<L>to giue our hearts delight:</L>
<L>Vnder the rare gr&eacute;ene &s;hadowes,</L>
<L>we may &s;port and play,</L>
<L><HI>With ioy to welcome in,</HI></L>
<L><HI>the merry moneth of May.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The birds are &s;w&eacute;etly &s;inging,</L>
<L>vpon the gr&eacute;ene-wood <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">r&eacute;es,</L>
<L>Downe in the Medowes may we,</L>
<L>walke vp to the kn&eacute;es,</L>
<L>In Primro&s;e and &s;w&eacute;et Dazies,</L>
<L>with Cow&s;lyp neat and gay,</L>
<L><HI>Then come my onely &s;weeting,</HI></L>
<L><HI>let vs got gather May.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The Nightingale mu&s;t plea&s;ing,</L>
<L>chants forth her merry &s;traine,</L>
<L>Then who would &s;tay at home,</L>
<L>that might &s;uch plea&s;ure gaine.</L>
<L>The youthes of this faire City,</L>
<L>trimm'd in their be&s;t orray.</L>
<L><HI>Are marching forth this morning,</HI></L>
<L><HI>with ioy to gather May.</HI></L>
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<LG>
<L>With Drums, with Fifes, and trum|pets,</L>
<L>they are brauely grac'd,</L>
<L>With Mu&s;kets in the forefront,</L>
<L>which they haue rately plac'd,</L>
<L>They all went on in plea&s;ure;</L>
<L>attyred neat and gay,</L>
<L><HI>And euery yong man has his Loue,</HI></L>
<L><HI>that goes to gather May.</HI></L>
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<LG>
<L><HI>Roger</HI> with his <HI>Su&s;an,</HI></L>
<L>an<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> <HI>Robert</HI> his faire lane,</L>
<L><HI>Richard</HI> with his &s;w&eacute;et heart,</L>
<L>to be leg doe di&s;daine,</L>
<L>Sw&eacute;et <HI>William</HI> and faire <HI>Nancy,</HI></L>
<L>in their apparell gay,</L>
<L><HI>Is early gone this morning,</HI></L>
<L><HI>abroad to gather May.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L><HI>Iohn Iinkin</HI> with his <HI>Gilian,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Tom</HI> with <HI>Penelope,</HI></L>
<L>And <HI>Humphrey</HI> with &s;w&eacute;et <HI>Prudence</HI></L>
<L>why then &s;weet may not we,</L>
<L>As well as all the&s;e Louers,</L>
<L>in our apparell gay.</L>
<L><HI>Vpon this merry morning,</HI></L>
<L><HI>walke forth so fetch home May.</HI></L>
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<HEAD>The &s;econd part.</HEAD>
<OPENER>To the &s;ame tune.</OPENER>
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<L>THere's <HI>Randall</HI> with his <HI>Sara,</HI></L>
<L>marching hand in hand,</L>
<L><HI>Rowland and &s;weet Maudlin,</HI></L>
<L>that yeelde to his demaund,</L>
<L>There's <HI>Arthur</HI> and &s;weet <HI>Margaret,</HI></L>
<L>which does her Loue obey,</L>
<L><HI>Is early gone this morning,</HI></L>
<L><HI>abroad to gather May.</HI></L>
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<LG>
<L><HI>Nicholas</HI> with his <HI>Betty,</HI></L>
<L>and <HI>Francis</HI> with faire <HI>Mary,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Martin</HI> with <HI>Rebecca,</HI></L>
<L>and <HI>Dorothy</HI> with <HI>Harry,</HI></L>
<L>El<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">s with his <HI>Katherine,</HI></L>
<L>were gone the breake of day,</L>
<L><HI>In their apparell neatly,</HI></L>
<L><HI>to fetch home gentle May.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L><HI>Edward</HI> with &s;weet <HI>loue,</HI></L>
<L>and <HI>Lucres</HI> with <HI>Valentine,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Iames</HI> with his &s;weetheart <HI>Alce,</HI></L>
<L>they mu&s;t haue Creame and Wine</L>
<L>The&s;e Louers march in order,</L>
<L>whil&s;t Mu&s;icke &s;weet doth play;</L>
<L><HI>With &s;ongs and plea&s;ant Ditties,</HI></L>
<L><HI>about to gather May.</HI></L>
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<LG>
<L>This is the moneth of plea&s;ure,</L>
<L>and <HI>Aprils</HI> watry &s;howers,</L>
<L>Hath faln<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> in comely mea&s;ure,</L>
<L>to encrea&s;e the plea&s;ing flowers,</L>
<L>That Louers gather early,</L>
<L>to make them Po&s;ies gay,</L>
<L><HI>Compos'd of &s;undry colours</HI></L>
<L><HI>within the moneth of May.</HI></L>
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<LG>
<L><HI>Margery</HI> my &s;weeting,</L>
<L>thy <HI>Silue&s;ter</HI> doth call,</L>
<L>I faine would be this morning,</L>
<L>the formo&s;t of them all.</L>
<L>I &s;ee <HI>Apollo's</HI> &s;plendor,</L>
<L>darts from the Ea&s;t mo&s;t gay,</L>
<L><HI>To grace the&s;e comely Louers,</HI></L>
<L><HI>to fetch home louely May.</HI></L>
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<LG>
<L>The Blackbird &s;ings mo&s;t &s;weetly,</L>
<L>&s;o doth the Nightingale,</L>
<L>The Fawnes play in the high woods,</L>
<L>the Mare runs ore the Dales,</L>
<L>The bleating Lambes mo&s;t &s;weetly,</L>
<L>delight to &s;port and play,</L>
<L><HI>The &s;mall birds &s;weetly warble,</HI></L>
<L><HI>to welcome plea&s;ant May.</HI></L>
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<LG>
<L>Sweet Sillib<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">bs w<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">'l haue Loue,</L>
<L>with Cakes and P<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">ding-pye<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">,</L>
<L>With Creame <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">e <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">re<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">'d with Sugar</L>
<L>if that my <HI>Madge</HI> will <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">i&s;e.</L>
<L>L<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> heare the Cucko<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;ing &s;weet,</L>
<L>and &s;ee her feathers gray,</L>
<L><HI>Who with her notes mo&s;t kindly,</HI></L>
<L><HI>doth welcome in &s;weet May.</HI></L>
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<LG>
<L>Strike vp thy Pipe good Piper,</L>
<L>I &s;ee my Loue doth come,</L>
<L>Much like the Queene of beauty,</L>
<L>her &s;plendor lights the roome,</L>
<L>Come, come my gentle &s;weeting,</L>
<L>with all the &s;peed we may,</L>
<L><HI>Lets walke to the greene Meddowes</HI></L>
<L><HI>to gather plea&s;ant May.</HI></L>
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<CLOSER><SIGNED>L. M.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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<P>Printed at London for <HI>Iohn Gri&s;mand.</HI></P>
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