82 THE COMPLETE ANGLER 



MiLK-W. What song was it, I pray ? Was it " Come 

 Shepherds, deck your heads ? " or, " As at noon Dulcina 

 rested ? " or, " Phillida-flauls me ? " or, " Chevy Chace ? " 

 or, " Johnny Armstrong ? " or, " Troy Town ? " 



Pise. No, it is none of those ; it is a song that your 

 daughter sung the first part, and you sung the answer to it. 



MiLK-W. 0, I know it now. I learned the first part 

 in my golden age, when I was about the age of my poor 

 daughter ; and the latter part, which indeed fits me best 

 now, but two or three years ago, when the cares of the 

 world began to take hold of me : but you shall, God willing, 

 hear them both, and sung as well as we can, for we both 

 love anglers-. Come, Maudlin, sing the first part to the 

 gentlemen with a merry heart, and I'll sing the second, 

 when you have done, 



Ube flDflfc-flDai&'s Song 



Come live with me, and be my love, 

 And we will all the pleasures prove 

 That valleys, groves, or hills, or field, 

 Or woods and steepy mountains yield ; 



Where we will sit upon the rocks, 

 And see the shepherds feed our flocks 

 By shallow rivers, to whose falls 

 Melodious birds sing madrigals. 



And I will make thee beds of roses, 

 And then a thousand fragrant posies, 

 A cap of flowers, and a kirtle 

 Embroider' d all with leaves of myrtle ; 



A gown made of the finest wool 

 Which from our pretty lambs we pull ; 

 Slippers lined choicely for the cold, 

 With buckles of the purest gold ; 



A belt of straw and ivy buds, 

 With coral clasps and amber studs : 

 And if these pleasures may thee move, 

 Come live with me, and be my love. 



