And can the physician make sick men well? And can the magician a fortune divine? Without lily, germander, and sops-in-wine, With sweet-briar and bonfire And strawberry wire and columbine. With in and out, in and out, round as a ball, With hither and thither, as straight as a line, With lily, germander, and sops-in-wine, With sweet-briar and bonfire And strawberry wire and columbine. When Saturn did live, there lived no poor, The king and the beggar with roots did dine, With lily, germander, and sops-in-wine, With sweet-briar and bonfire And strawberry wire and columbine.
Dix chants populaires écossais
Song Cycle by Paul Le Flem (1881 - 1984)
10. Robin good fellow  [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Text Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, written <<1600, appears in Robin Goodfellow: commonly called Hob-Goblin, with his mad pranks and merry jests, first published 1628
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