| William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Restoration Verse. 1910. | | | | Harvest Home | | By John Dryden (1631–1700) |
| | From ‘King Arthur’
Comus YOUR hay it is mowed, and your corn is reaped: | |
| Your barns will be full, and your hovels heaped: | |
| Come, my boys, come; | |
| Come, my boys, come; | |
| And merrily roar out harvest home! | 5 |
| Harvest home, | |
| Harvest home; | |
And merrily roar out harvest home!
Chorus. Come, my boys, come, etc. | |
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| We ha’ cheated the parson, we’ll cheat him again, | |
| For why should a blockhead ha’ one in ten? | 10 |
| One in ten, | |
| One in ten; | |
For why should a blockhead ha’ one in ten?
Chor. One in ten, etc. | |
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| For prating so long like a book-learned sot, | |
| Till pudding and dumpling burn to pot, | 15 |
| Burn to pot, | |
| Burn to pot, | |
Till pudding and dumpling burn to pot?
Chor. Burn to pot, etc. | |
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| We’ll toss off our ale till we canno’ stand, | |
| And hoigh for the honour of Old England; | 20 |
| Old England, | |
| Old England; | |
And hoigh for the honour of Old England.
Chor. Old England, etc. | | | | |
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