126 THE COMPLETE ANGLER. [PART I. 



Our cloathing is good sheep-skins ; 

 Gray russet for our wives ; 



Heigh trolielollie loe, &c. 

 Tis warmth and not gay cloathing, 

 That doth prolong our lives : 



Then care away, &c. 



The ploughman, though he labour hard, 

 Yet, on the holy-day, 



Heigh trolie lollie loe, &c. 

 No emperor so merrily 

 Does pass his time away : 



Then care away, &c. 



To recompense our tillage, 

 The heavens afford us showers ; 



Heigh trolie lollie loe, &c. 

 And, for our sweet refreshments, 

 The earth affords us bowers : 



Then, care away, &c. 



The cuckow and the nightingale, 

 Full merrily do sing, 



Heigh trolie lollie loe, &c. 

 And with their pleasant roundelays 

 Bid welcome to the spring : 



Then, care away, &C. 1 



This is not half the happiness 

 The countryman enjoys ; 



Heigh trolie 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. 2 



1 Trolly lolly was the burthen, or chorus, of several songs of the period ; 

 one is given by Ritson in his "Ancient Songs," 1790, and in Brome's 

 "Jovial Crew," printed among his Comedies, in 1641, is this merry and 

 once very popular catch 



" There was an old fellow." 



2 John Chalkhill, author of the Poem, "Thealma and Clearcus," which 

 was edited in 1683 by Walton, who then was in the 90th year of his age. His 

 tomb in black marble is to be seen on the walls of Winchester Cathedral. 

 Chalkhill appears to have been distantly related to Walton. ED. 



