Category: Poetry

Old Songs

Abbey, Edwin Austin, 1852-1911 [Illustrator]; Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599 [Contributor]; Wither, George, 1588-1667 [Contributor]; Parsons, Alfred, 1847-1920 [Illustrator]· 2 chapters· 4,327 words

In summer-time, to Medley My love and I would goe-- The boatmen there stood readie My love and I to rowe; For creame there would we call, For cakes, and for prunes too; But, now, alasse! sh’as left me, _Falero, lero, loo_.

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1. Part 1

In summer-time, to Medley My love and I would goe-- The boatmen there stood readie My love and I to rowe; For creame there would we call, For cakes, and for prunes too; But, now...

2. Part 2

As beautiful Kitty one morning was tripping With a pitcher of milk from the fair of Coleraine, When she saw me she stumbled, the pitcher it tumbled, And all the sweet buttermilk...