Time poems
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The Ballad which Anne Askew made and sang when she was in Newgate
© Askew Anne
Like as the armed knightAppointed to the field,With this world will I fightAnd Faith shall be my shield.
Omnivore
© Arthur James
I eat what's put in front of me,as all great men do. Should you eat shark? I know
The Wife of Usher's Well
© Anonymous
##. And a wealthy wife was she;She had three stout and stalwart sons, And sent them oer the sea.
When Aurelia First I Courted
© Anonymous
When Aurelia first I courted,She had youth and beauty too,Killing pleasures when she sported,And her charms were ever new;Conquering time doth now deceive her,Which her glories did uphold,All her arts can ne'er retrieve her,Poor Aurelia's growing old
Waly, Waly
© Anonymous
O Waly, waly, up the bank, O wary, waly, doun the brae,And waly, waly, yon burn-side, Where I and my love wer wont to gae!I lean'd my back unto an aik, I thocht it was a trustie tree,But first it bow'd and syne it brak',-- Sae my true love did lichtlie me
The Vicar Of Bray
© Anonymous
In good King Charles's golden days, When loyalty no harm meant;A furious High-Church man I was, And so I gain'd preferment
Times is Hard
© Anonymous
Please don't burn our shit-house down,Mother has promised to pay.Father's away on the ocean wave,And sister's in the family way,
The Time When I First Fell in Love
© Anonymous
The time when first I fell in love, Which now I must lament;The year wherein I lost such time To compass my content.
The Three Ravens
© Anonymous
There were three ravens sat on a tree,They were as black as they might be.
A Taking Girl
© Anonymous
She took my hand in sheltered nooks,She took my candy and my books,She took the lustrous wrap of fur,She took those gloves I bought for her
The Song of the Stars
© Anonymous
We are the stars which sing;We sing with our light;We are the birds of fire;We fly over the sky
Sir Patrick Spence
© Anonymous
The king sits in Dumferling toune, Drinking the blude-reid wine:"O whar will I get guid sailor, To sail this schip of mine?"
The Seafarer
© Anonymous
Mæg ic be me sylfum soðgied wrecan, [I can utter a true tale about myself,]siþas secgan, hu ic geswincdagum [tell of my travels, how in laboursome days]earfoðhwile oft þrowade, [a time of hardship I often suffered,]bitre breostceare gebiden hæbbe, [how bitter sorrow in my breast I have borne,]gecunnad in ceole cearselda fela, [made trial on shipboard of many sorrowful abodes; ]atol yþa gewealc, þær mec oft bigeat [dread was the rolling of the waves; there my task was often]nearo nihtwaco æt nacan stefnan, [the hard night-watch at the boat's prow,]þonne he be clifum cnossað
The Red River Valley
© Anonymous
From this valley they say you are going,We will miss your bright eyes and sweet smile,For they say you are taking the sunshineThat brightens our pathway awhile.
Midnight Special
© Anonymous
If you evah go to Houston,You better walk right;You better not gambleAnd you better not fight
A Jest of Robin Hood
© Anonymous
Lyth and lystyn, gentilmen, All that nowe be here;Of Litell Johnn, that was the knigh{.e}es man, Goode myrth ye shall here.
Get Up and Bar the Door
© Anonymous
##. And a gay time it was then,When our goodwife got puddings to make, And she 's boild them in the pan.
