Anonymous British Poems

The king sits in Dunfermline town,
Drinking the blude-red wine o:
'O whare will I get a skeely skipper
To sail this new ship of mine o?'
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There were three young gypsies came to our hall door,
They came brave and boldly O.
And there's one sang high and the other sang low
And the Lady's seen the raggle-taggle gypsy O
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The First Part
Why doe you boast of Arthur and his knightes,
Knowing 'well' how many men have endured fightes?
For besides King Arthur and Lancelot du Lake,
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Behold me once more your old poet ecstatic,
Thought old, blind, and nearly three parts rheumatic,
Yet, alert in my car,
Like a young man-of-war,
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A famous dog once came to town
Known to his friends as Pete
His pedigree was ten yards long
His looks were hard to beat
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Lestenyt, lordynges, both elde and yinge,
How this rose began to sprynge;
Swych a rose to myn lykynge
In al this word ne knowe I non.
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Ich am of Irlaunde,
Ant of the holy londe
Of Irlande.
Gode sire, pray ich the,
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The north wind doth blow,
And we shall have snow,
And what will the robin do then,
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Behold our orbit as through twice six signs
Our central Sun apparently inclines:
The Golden Fleece his pale ray first adorns,
Then tow'rds the Bull he winds and gilds his horns;
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Ring a Ring O' Roses,
A pocketful of posies,
Atishoo! Atishoo!
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