THE COMPLETE ANGLER 89 



Come on, my masters, who begins ? I think it is best 

 to draw cuts, and avoid contention. 



PETER. It is a match. Look, the shortest cut falls 

 to Condon. 



COR. Well, then, I will begin, for I hate contention. 



Gordon's Sona 



Oh, the sweet contentment 

 The countryman doth find ! 



Heigh trolollie lollie loe, 



Heigh trolollie lollie lee. 

 That quiet contemplation 

 Possesseth all my mind ; 



Then care away, 



And wend along with me. 



For courts are full of flattery, 

 As hath too oft been tried ; 



Heigh trolollie lollie loe, etc. 

 The city full of wantonness, 

 And both are full of pride : 



Then care away, etc. 



But Oh I the honest country man 

 Speaks truly from his heart ; 



Heigh trolollie lollie loe, etc. 

 His pride is in his tillage, 

 His horses and his cart : 



Then care away, etc. 



Our clothing is good sheep skins, 

 Grey russet for our wives ; 



Heigh trolollie lollie loe, etc. 

 'Tis warmth, and not gay clothing, 

 That doth prolong our lives : 



Then care away, etc. 



The ploughman, though he labour tyard, 

 Yet on the holiday, 



Heigh trolollie lollie loe, etc. 

 No emperor so merrily 

 Doth pass his time away : 



Then care away, etc. 



