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'Tis warmth, and not gay clothing, 

 That doth prolong our lives : 

 Then care away, etc. 



The ploughman, though he labour hard, 

 Yet on the holiday, 



Heigh trolollie lollie loe, etc. 

 No emperor so merrily 

 Doth 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. 

 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, Coridon ; 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 spent 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 com- 

 pany 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 owe 

 you ; and therefore I will begin my song, and wish it may 

 be so well liked. 



* This poet's works Walton edited in his 90th year that of his death. ED. 



