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1 | 1 | Balow, | Balow, my babe, ly stil and sleipe! |
2 | 2 | It grieves me sair to see thee weipe; | |
3 | 3 | I | If thoust be silent, Ise be glad, |
4 | 4 | Thy maining maks my heart ful sad. | |
5 | 5 | Balow, my boy, thy mither's joy! | |
6 | 6 | Thy father breides me great annoy. | |
7 | 7 | Balow, my 'babe, ly stil and sleipe! | |
8 | 8 | It grieves me sair to see thee weipe. | |
9 | 9 | ||
10 | 10 | When he began to court my l | When he began to court my luve, |
11 | 11 | And with his sugred words | And with his sugred words to muve, |
12 | 12 | His fa | His faynings fals and flattering cheire |
13 | 13 | To me that time did not appe | To me that time did not appeire: |
14 | 14 | But now I see most cruell | But now I see, most cruell hee, |
15 | 15 | Cares neither for my babe nor mee. | |
16 | 16 | Balow, | Balow, etc. |
17 | 17 | ||
18 | 18 | L | Ly stil, my darlinge, sleipe awhile, |
19 | 19 | And when thou wakest sweitly smile: | |
20 | 20 | But smile not as thy father did, | But smile not, as thy father did, |
21 | 21 | To cozen maids | To cozen maids; nay, God forbid! |
22 | 22 | But yet I fe | But yette I feire, thou wilt gae neire, |
23 | 23 | Thy father | Thy fatheris hart and face to beire. |
24 | 24 | Balow, | Balow, etc. |
25 | 25 | ||
26 | 26 | I cann | I cannae chuse, but ever will |
27 | 27 | Be l | Be luving to thy father stil: |
28 | 28 | Wh | Whaireir he gae, whaireir he ryde, |
29 | 29 | My luve with him maun stil abyde: | |
30 | 30 | In we | In weil or wae, whaireir he gae, |
31 | 31 | M | Mine hart can neir depart him frae. |
32 | 32 | Balow, etc. | |
33 | |||
34 | But doe not, doe not, prettie mine, | ||
35 | To faynings fals thine hart incline; | ||
36 | Be loyal to thy luver trew, | ||
37 | And nevir change hir for a new; | ||
38 | If gude or faire, of hir have care, | ||
39 | For womens banning's wonderous sair. | ||
40 | Balow, etc. | ||
41 | |||
42 | Bairne, sin thy cruel father is gane, | ||
43 | Thy winsome smiles maun eise my paine; | ||
44 | My babe and I 'll together live, | ||
45 | He'll comfort me when cares doe grieve; | ||
46 | My babe and I right saft will ly, | ||
47 | And quite forgeit man's cruelty. | ||
48 | Balow, etc. | ||
49 | |||
50 | Fareweil, fareweil, thou falsest youth | ||
51 | That ever kist a woman's mouth! | ||
52 | I wish all maids be warned by mee, | ||
53 | Nevir to trust man's curtesy; | ||
54 | For if we doe but chance to bow, | ||
55 | They'll use us then they care not how. | ||
56 | Balow, my 'babe, ly stil and sleipe! | ||
57 | It grieves me sair to see thee weipe. |
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