Then said the latest Green-Bird because the she travelled, We family member you to prov’d incorrect: And because she will don’t be seen, For example a love-sick Maid I turn to green.
Next did begin brand new Chattering Take, My like she is escaped, however, I might not follow, And from now on on the newest Fireplace higher, I sing forth my personal worst malady.
Then, quoth the latest Magpye, I became crost, In love, nowadays my personal dear try destroyed; And you can trying to find of my personal hjearts joy, We mourn to possess your within the black and white
Ah! says the brand new Owl, my love is fully gone, That we a whole lot performed dote through to: I understand maybe not just how my prefer to follow, But immediately following their unique We [w]hoop and you will hollow. [hallo
Next says the latest Lapwing as the she flies, I browse the latest Meads additionally the Heavens: But aren’t able to find my personal Like once again, Therefore in the I flie in deadly problems.
Then told you the new Thrush, We squeak and sing, And that doth in my experience zero spirits offer, To possess normally I at midnight, Record my personal love and you will minds contentment.
The Chafinch after that begins to speak, Having like, quoth she, my heart often split; I grieve thus having my personal simply dear, We sing however, two months in the year.
Oh says the new Rook, and you will eke brand new Crow, Exactly why during the black i go, Simply because wa is forsook, Come embarrassment united states worst Crow and you will Rook.
The fresh new Bullfinch he had been inside an outrage, Amnd nothing you may his wrath assuage So regarding the Trees the guy would not stay sada upoznajte samohrane Еѕene Gana, However, spends his amount of time in all alone Cell.
Ergo you’ve got read the new Birds issue, Taking delight in the restraint Let this to all a cycle be Having so you can appreciate Constancy.
Brand new Canary-bird she after that is available in, To share with their unique facts she doth start; I am out-of my personal beloved love bereft, Thus i has actually my very own Country remaining
Which grows the earlier „Brand new Birds Harmony, Pepys, IV, 268, compiled by Mary Coles, Vere, Wright, Clarke, Thackeray and you may Passinger (1681-2).
[The last section isn’t the just ballad featuring speaking birds. An early on a person is from the 'Book regarding Fortune’collection during the BL. That it „Brand new Wild birds Noats to the mond, 1655. The fresh song are: „Off inside the a good Meadow” from Lawrence Price’s „The world Individuals Felicity”, usually know as „This new Haymakers” or „The fresh Merry Haymakers”. Here you will find the three passages provided by Ebsworth, and additionally my (verse numbered) scanty notes with the ballad.]
On merry month off Can get, whenever prety Birds carry out play, Having chirping and with sugared noats so you’re able to allowed throughout the Springtime, It had been my opportunity to stroll overseas for the industries thus gay Where many an effective prety Lad and you will Lass was then event Can get.
John confronted with Besse betimes, before the crack regarding time, And you can in conjunction in order to Lambeth fields they nimbly got its way: The new turf getting a bit slick next that it pair down they decrease But what they stated before they flower, O new prety Lark can tell!
3: William and you can Sarah life style, Newington..Blackbird was here 4: Richard met with Rachel- got eco-friendly dress- Raven understands. 5: Robert met with Nan 2nd. Jack-daw viewed. 6: Samuel & Susan was merry seven: on Large entrance 8: Butcher and grasp child.. Hackay town, swallow spied. 9: Mistress & Journeyman, tript up Mistress’s heels, Cuckoo advised. 10: young lord & pretty Lady eleven: If any of those events. 12: [Last] You Country Lads and you will Lasses, you think fore commit 100 % free! You’ve got much more twatling birds, I am aware, than near the Town end up being: You collect Might as well once we, and you will Date you really have and tumble on the lawn so gren, and that this new Birds can say for certain.