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| 1 | 1 | In arbour gre | In an harbour grene aslepe whereas I lay |
| 2 | 2 | The b | The byrdes sang swete in the middes of the day: |
| 3 | 3 | I dream | I dreamèd fast of mirth and play. |
| 4 | 4 | In youth is pleasure, | In youth is pleasure, in youth is pleasure. |
| 5 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 6 | Me thought I walkèd still to and fro, | |
| 7 | 7 | And from her company I could not go, | |
| 8 | 8 | But when I wakèd it was not so. | |
| 9 | 9 | In youth is pleasure, in youth is pleasure. | |
| 10 | 10 | ||
| 11 | 11 | Therefore my heart is surely pyght | |
| 12 | 12 | Of her alone to have a sight | |
| 13 | 13 | Which is my joy and hearte's delight. | |
| 14 | 14 | In youth is pleasure, in youth is pleasure. | |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| 16 | 16 | <b>Modernized spelling</b> | |
| 17 | 17 | ||
| 18 | In an arbour green asleep whereas I lay | ||
| 19 | The birds sang sweet in the middis of the day: | ||
| 20 | I dreamed fast of mirth and play; | ||
| 21 | In youth is pleasure, in youth is pleasure. | ||
| 22 | |||
| 23 | Methought I walked still to and fro, | ||
| 24 | And from her company I could not go, | ||
| 25 | But when I waked it was not so. | ||
| 26 | In youth is pleasure, in youth is pleasure. | ||
| 27 | |||
| 28 | Therefore my heart is surely pight | ||
| 29 | Of her alone to have a sight | ||
| 30 | Which is my joy and heart's delight. | ||
| 31 | In youth is pleasure, in youth is pleasure. | ||
| 32 | |||
| 33 | <b>Original version, Lusty Iuventus of youth he syngeth</b> | ||
| 34 | |||
| 35 | In a herber grene a sleep where as I lay, | ||
| 36 | The byrdes sang swete in y middes of the day, | ||
| 37 | I dreamed fast of myrth and play, | ||
| 38 | In youth is plesure, in youth is pleasure. | ||
| 39 | |||
| 40 | Me thought I walked stil to and fro, | ||
| 41 | And from her company I could not go, | ||
| 42 | But when I waked it was not so, | ||
| 43 | In youth is plesure, in youth is plesure. | ||
| 44 | |||
| 45 | Therfore my hart is surely pyght | ||
| 46 | Of her alone to have a sight. | ||
| 47 | Which is my joy and hartes delyght, | ||
| 48 | In youth is plesure, in youth is pleasure. Finis. |
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