Husbandman And Servingman / Songs and Lyrics

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w:Well met my bro-ther
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w:friend, all at this high-way ri-ding so simp-ly all ~ ~ a-lone
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w:~ I ~ pray you tell to me what may your cal-ling be, Or 
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w:are ~ you a ser-ving-man?
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w:O why my bro-ther dear what
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w:makes you to en-quire. Of a-ny such thing as my hand ~ But
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w:since you are so fain then I will tell you plain I am a down-right
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w:hus-band-man. But since you are so fain, then I will tell you
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w:plain, I am a down-right hus-band-man.
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W:Servingman:
W:Well met, my brother friend, all at this highway end,
W:So simple all alone, as you can,
W:I pray you tell to me, what may your calling be,
W:Are you not a servingman?
W:
W:Husbandman:
W:No, no, my brother dear, what makes you to inquire
W:Of any such a thing at my hand?
W:Indeed I shall not feign, but I will tell you plain,
W:I am a downright husbandman.
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W:Servingman:
W:If a husbandman you be, then go along with me,
W:And quickly you shall see out of hand,
W:How in a little space I will help you to a place,
W:Where you may he a servingman.
W:Husbandman:
W:Kind sir I turn you thanks for your intelligence,
W:These things I receive at your hand;
W:Put something pray now show, that first I may plainly know
W:The pleasures of a servingman.
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W:Servingman:
W:Why a servingman has pleasure beyond all sort of measure,
W:With his hawk on his fist, as he does stand;
W:For the game that he does kill, and the meat that does him fill,
W:Are pleasures for the servingman.
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W:Husbandman:
W:And my pleasure's more than that, to see my oxen fat,
W:And a good stock of hay by them stand;
W:My plowing and my sowing, my reaping and my mowing,
W:Are pleasures for the husbandman.
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W:Servingman:
W:Why it is a gallant thing to ride out with a king,
W:With a lord, duke, or any such man;
W:To hear the horns to blow, and see the hounds all in a row,
W:That is pleasure for the servingman.
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W:Husbandman:
W:But my pleasure's more I know, to see my corn to grow,
W:So thriving all over my land;
W:And, therefore, I do mean, with my plowing with my team,
W:To keep myself a husbandman.
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W:Servingman:
W:Why the diet that we eat is the choicest of all meat,
W:Such as pig, goose, capon, and swan;
W:Our pastry is so fine, we drink sugar in our wine,
W:That is living for the servingman.
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W:Husbandman:
W:Talk not of goose nor capon, give me good beef or bacon,
W:And good bread and cheese, now at hand;
W:With pudding, brawn, and souse, all in a farmer's house,
W:That is living for the husbandman.
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W:Servingman:
W:Why the clothing that we wear is delicate and rare,
W:With our coat, lace, buckles, and band;
W:Our shirts are white as milk, and our stockings they are silk,
W:That is clothing for a servingman.
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W:Husbandman:
W:But I value not a hair your delicate fine wear,
W:Such as gold is laced upon;
W:Give me a good grey coat, and in my purse a groat,
W:That is clothing for the husbandman.
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W:Servingman:
W:Kind sir I it would be bad if none could be had
W:Those tables for to wait upon;
W:There is no lord, duke, nor squire, nor member for the shire,
W:Can do without a servingman.
W:Husbandman:
W:But, Jack it would be worse if there was none of us
W:To follow the plowing of the land;
W:There is neither king, lord, nor squire, nor member for the shire,
W:Can do without the husbandman.
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W:Servingman:
W:Kind sir I must confess`t, and I humbly protest
W:I will give you the uppermost hand;
W:Although your labour's painful, and mine it so very gainful,
W:I wish I were a husbandman.
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W:Husbandman:
W:So come now, let us all, both great as well as small,
W:Pray for the grain of our land;
W:And let us, whatsoever, do all our best endeavor,
W:For to maintain the good husbandman.

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