Living
Sing we and chant it
From Lyrics from the Song-Books of the Elizabethan Age, ed. A. H. Bullen (London: Nimmo, 1891)
Sing we and chant it
While love doth grant it.
Fa la la!
Not long youth lasteth,
And old age hasteth.
Fa la la!
Now is best leisure
To take our pleasure.
Fa la la!
All things invite us
Now to delight us.
Fa la la!
Hence care be packing,
No mirth be lacking.
Fa la la!
Let spare no treasure
To live in pleasure.
Fa la la!
Codex Note
From Thomas Morley's First Book of Ballets, 1595.
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Anonymous (Elizabethan songs). “Sing we and chant it.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-elizabethan-songs/118/.
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Anonymous (Elizabethan songs). “Sing we and chant it.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-elizabethan-songs/118/.
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