Two sticks and an apple,

Met you not with my true loveBy the way as you came?How should I know your true love,That have met many a oneAs I came from the holy land,That have come, that have gone?She is neither white nor brown,But as the heavens fair;There is none hath her form divineIn the earth or the air.Such a…

The richesse left, not got with pain;The fruitful ground, the quiet mind;The equal friend; no grudge, no strife;No charge of rule, nor governance;Without disease, the healthful life;The household of continuance;The mean diet, no delicate fare;True wisdom join’d with simpleness;The night discharged of all care,Where wine the wit may not oppress.The faithful wife, without debate;Such sleeps…

For eu’ry season she hath dressings fitt,For Winter, Spring, and Summer.No Beautie shee doth misse,When all her Robes are on:But Beauties selfe shee is,When all her Robes are gone.

Or you’re not God’s, you’re one of mine,And you are the weaver’s bonny.’‘What is whiter than the milk?Sing ninety-nine and ninety,And what is softer than the silk?And you are the weaver’s bonny.’‘Snow is whiter than the milk,Sing ninety-nine and ninety,And down is softer than the silk,And I am the weaver’s bonny.’‘O what is higher than…

Even before she opens the wrappingGrandpa always says, ‘Well, I know what’s in here.Its two pairs of socks. Just what I wanted!’This year, Aunti Vi had an umbrella in an umbrella-shaped parcel,I mean, it looked just like an umbrella.And, before Aunti Vi pulled the paper off,She said to Mum, ‘It will match that new coat…

She’ll be comin’ round the mountain,When she comes.She’ll be comin’ round the mountain,She’ll be comin’ round the mountain,She’ll be comin’ round the mountain,When she comes.She’ll be drivin’ six white horses,When she comes.She’ll be drivin’ six white horses,When she comes.She’ll be drivin’ six white horses,She’ll be drivin’ six white horses,She’ll be drivin’ six white horses,When she…