

90 THE COMPLETE ANGLER 



To recompense our tillage, 

 The heavens afford us showers ; 



Heigh trolollie lollie loe, etc. 

 And for our sweet refreshments 

 The earth affords us bowers : 



Then care away, etc. 



The cuckoo and the nightingale 

 Full merrily do sing, 



Heigh trolollie lollie loe, etc. 

 And with their pleasant roundelays 

 Bid welcome to the spring : 



Then care away, etc. 



This is not half the happiness 

 The countryman enjoys ; 



Heigh trolollie lollie loe, etc. 

 Though others think they have as much, 

 Yet he that says so lies : 



Then come away, turn 



Countryman with me. Jo. CHALKHILL.* 



Pise. Well sung, Condon ; this song was sung with 

 mettle, and it was choicely fitted to the occasion ; I shall 

 love you for it as long as I know you ; I would you were a 

 brother of the angle ; for a companion that is cheerful, and 

 free from swearing and scurrilous discourse, is worth 

 gold. I love such mirth as does not make friends ashamed 

 to look upon one another next morning ; nor men that 

 cannot well bear it, to repent the money they spend when 

 they be warmed with drink : and take this for a rule, you 

 may pick out such times, and such companions, that you 

 may make yourselves merrier for a little than a great deal 

 of money ; for " 'Tis the company and not the charge, that 

 makes the feast : " and such a companion you prove, I 

 thank you for it. 



But I will not compliment you out of the debt that I 



* This poet's works Walton edited in his 90th year that of hii 

 death. E. 



