Of me a grain!


Numbers from Elizabethan Miscellanies & Song-books
by Unnamed or Uncertain Authors. 16th Cent.

59. Hey nonny no!
Christ Church MS.

HEY nonny no!
Men are fools that wish to die!
Is 't not fine to dance and sing
When the bells of death do ring?
Is 't not fine to swim in wine,
And turn upon the toe,
And sing hey nonny no!
When the winds blow and the seas flow?
Hey nonny no!


Numbers from Elizabethan Miscellanies & Song-books
by Unnamed or Uncertain Authors. 16th Cent.

60. Preparations
Christ Church MS.

YET if His Majesty, our sovereign lord,
Should of his own accord
Friendly himself invite,
And say 'I'll be your guest to-morrow night,'