Il8 THE COMPLETE ANGLER. 



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, the honest countryman 

 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 sheepskins, 

 Gray 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 labor hard, 

 Yet, on the holiday, 



Heigh trolollie lollie loe, etc. 

 No emperor so merrily 

 Does pass his time away : 



Then care away, etc. 



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. 



