Classic Poem

Broom , broom on a hill,
The gentle broom on hill hill:
Broom, broom on Hive hill,
The gentle broom on Hive hill,
The broom stands on Hive Hill a.
Robin lend to me thy bow, thy bow,
Robin the bow, Robin lend to me thy bow a.
There was a maid come out of Kent,
Dainty love, dainty love,
There was a maid came out of Kent,
Dangerous be:
There was a maid came out of Kent,
Fair, proper, small, and gent,
As ever upon the ground went,
For so should it be.
By a bank as I lay, I lay,
Musing on things past, hey how
Tom a lin and his wife, and his wife's mother,
They went over a bridge all three together,
The bridge was broken and they fell in,
" The Devil go with all, " quoth Tom a lin.
Martin Swart and his men, sodledum, sodledum,
Martin Swart and his men, sodledum bell.
Come over the bourn Besse,
My little pretty Besse,
Come over the bourn Besse to me.
The white dove sat on the castle wall,
I bend my bow and shoot her I shall,
I put her in my glove both feathers and all.
I laid my bridle upon the shelf,
If you will any more, sing it your self. Moros :

I HAVE a pretty titmouse
Come picking on my toe. All III the same:
Gossip with you I purpose
To drink before I go. Moros :
Little pretty nightingale
Among the branches green, All III the same:
Give us of your Christmas ale,
To the honour of St. Stephen. Moros :
Robin redbreast with his notes
Singing aloft in the quere All III the same:
Warneth to get you fresh coats
For winter then draweth near. Moros :
My bridle lieth on the shelf,
If you will have any more,
Vouchsafe to sing it your self,
For here you have all my store.