Living

Harvest Song from "King Arthur" (Your hay it is mow'd, and your corn is reap'd)

by John Dryden 1631–1700

Living

Comus. Your hay it is mow'd, and your corn is reap'd;
Your barns will be full, and your hovels heap'd:
Come, my boys, come;
Come, my boys, come;
And merrily roar out harvest-home;
Harvest-home,
Harvest-home;
And merrily roar out harvest-home.
Chorus. Come, my boys, come, &c.

First Man. We ha' cheated the parson, we 'll cheat him again,
For why should a blockhead ha' one in ten?
One in ten,
One in ten;
For why should a blockhead ha' one in ten?
Chorus. One in ten.
One in ten;
For why should a blockhead ha' one in ten?

Second Man. For prating so long like a book-learn'd sot,
Till pudding and dumpling burn to pot,
Burn to pot,
Burn to pot;
Till pudding and dumpling burn to pot.
Chorus. Burn to pot, &c.

Third Man. We 'll toss off our ale till we cannot stand,
And heigh for the honor of old England;
Old England,
Old England;
And heigh for the honor of old England.
Chorus. Old England, &c.

MLA

Dryden, John. “Harvest Song from "King Arthur" (Your hay it is mow'd, and your corn is reap'd).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dryden/203/.

Chicago

Dryden, John. “Harvest Song from "King Arthur" (Your hay it is mow'd, and your corn is reap'd).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dryden/203/.

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