A great while ago the world begun,
With hey, ho, the wind and the rain;
But that's read more

A great while ago the world begun,
With hey, ho, the wind and the rain;
But that's all one, our play is done,
And we'll strive to please you every day.

This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
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This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
With some rhyme, rotten sentence, or old saying,
Such spokes as ye ancient of ye parish use.

The devil hath power
To assume a pleasing shape.

The devil hath power
To assume a pleasing shape.

Turning these jests out of service, let us talk in good earnest.

Turning these jests out of service, let us talk in good earnest.

To love is a pleasure of youth, a sin in old age.

To love is a pleasure of youth, a sin in old age.

Dally not with mony or women.

Dally not with mony or women.

The moon is made of a green cheese.

The moon is made of a green cheese.

'Tis very certain the desire of life
Prolongs it.

'Tis very certain the desire of life
Prolongs it.

In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return
unto the ground; for out of read more

In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return
unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou
art, and unto dust shalt thou return.