IT fell about the Martinmas,    When the wind blew shrill and c… Said Edom o’ Gordon to his men,    'We maun draw to a hauld. ‘And what a hauld sall we draw to,

Jhesu, that ys kyng in trone, As Thou shoope bothe sonne and mo… And all that shalle dele and dyght… Now lene us grace such dedus to do… In Thy blys that we may wone -

Phyllida. CORYDON, arise, my C…    Titan shineth clear. Corydon. Who is it that calleth C…    Who is it that I hear? Phyl. Phyllida, thy true love, ca…

LOVE not me for comely grace, For my pleasing eye or face, Nor for any outward part, No, nor for a constant heart:    For these may fail or turn to i…

I SAW my Lady weep, And Sorrow proud to be advanced s… In those fair eyes where all perfe…    Her face was full of woe; But such a woe (believe me) as win…

O WHAT a plague is love!    How shall I bear it? She will inconstant prove,    I greatly fear it. She so torments my mind

I SING of a maiden    That is makeles; King of all kings    To her son she ches. He came al so still

Anonymous English Christmas carol… (first published in the children’s… On the first day of Christmas, My true love sent to me A partridge in a pear tree.

ICHOT a burde in boure bryht, That fully semly is on syht, Menskful maiden of myht;    Feir ant fre to fonde; In al this wurhliche won

O LUSTY May, with Flora queen! The balmy dropis from Phoebus she…    Preluciand beams before the day… By that Diana growis green    Through gladness of this lusty…

Lysteneth, lordinges, gente and fr… Ich wille you telle of Sire Degar… Knightes that were sometyme in lon… Ferli fele wolde fonde And sechen aventures bi night and…

Royal Charlie’s now awa, Safely owre the friendly main; Mony a heart will break in twa, Should he ne’er come back again. Will you no come back again?

LESTENYT, lordynges, both elde… How this rose began to sprynge; Swych a rose to myn lykynge    In al this word ne knowe I non… The Aungil came fro hevene tour,

Frankie and Johnnie were lovers, O, my Gawd, how they could love, They swore to be true to each othe… As true as the stars above; He was her man, but he done her wr…

I have a gentil cock croweth me day he doth me risen early my matins for to stay I have a gentil cock