92 THE COMPLETE ANGLER. 



For courts are full of flattery, 

 As hath too oft been tried ; 



Heigh trolollie lollie loe, &c. 

 The city full of wantonness, 

 And both are full of pride : 



Then care away, &c. 



But oh, the honest countryman 

 Speaks truly from his heart, 



Heigh trolollie lollie loe, &c. 

 His pride is in his tillage, 

 His horses, and his cart : 



Then care away, &c. 



Our clothing is good sheep skins, 

 Gray russet for our wives ; 



Heigh trolollie lollie loe, &c. 

 'Tis warmth and not gay clothing 

 That doth prolong our lives. 



Then care away, &c. 



The ploughman, though he labour hard, 

 Yet on the holiday, 



Heigh trolollie lollie loe, &c. 

 No emperor so merrily 

 Doth pass his time away. 



Then care away, &c. . 



To recompense our tillage, 

 The heavens afford us showers ; 



Heigh trolollie lollie loe, &c. 

 And for our sweet refreshments 

 The earth affords us bowers : 



Then care away, &c. 



The cuckoo and the nightingale 

 Full merrily do sing, 



Heigh trolollie lollie loe, &c. 

 And with their pleasant roundelays 

 Bid welcome to the spring ; 



Then care away, &c. 



This is not half the happiness 

 The countryman enjoys ; 



Heigh trolollie lollie loe, &c. 

 Though others think they have as much, 

 Yet he that says so lies : 



Then come away, turn 



Countryman with me. 



Jo. CHALKHILL.* 



* John Chalkhill, Esq. of whom mention is made in the author's Life. 

 Mr Singer, in reprinting the elegant poem of Theulma and Clearchus, threw 



